Kinesins at a glance.

Microtubule +TIPs at a glance.

This article is part of a Minifocus on microtubule dynamics. For further reading, please see related articles: ‘Kinesins at a glance’ by Sharyn A. Endow et al., (J. Cell Sci. 123, pp. 3420-3424), ‘Tubulin depolymerization may be an ancient biological motor process’ by J. Richard McIntosh et al. (J. Cell Sci. 123, pp. 3425-3434), ‘Towards a quantitative understanding of mitotic spindle assembly ...

The dynein family at a glance.

Three families of cytoskeletal motor protein – the myosins, kinesins and dyneins – have evolved to mediate transport of cells and of structures and materials within cells in eukaryotes. Whereas myosin uses actin polymers to carry out its tasks, kinesin and dynein are microtubule-associated motors. Dyneins use energy from ATP hydrolysis to power a wide variety of cellular functions. Although at ...

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Cancer metastasis at a glance: A brief view of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

Cancer initiation and progression is a challenging scenario through developmental processes, which may be more complicated by occurrence of metastasis. Basically, diverse genetic alterations, including mutations, formation of truncated proteins and related pathways play key roles either in diagnosis or the most influential therapeutic purposes. ...