Microtubule length control, a team sport?

نویسندگان

  • Linda Wordeman
  • Jason Stumpff
چکیده

Kinesin-8 family members function in microtubule length control and exhibit highly processive plus-end directed motility in conjunction with microtubule dissassembly activity. In a recent issue of Cell, Varga and colleagues describe how these two activities may be used to simultaneously measure and adjust the length of cellular microtubules.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Developmental cell

دوره 17 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009