Microtubule cytoskeleton: a new twist at the end |
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Authors: | Wittmann Torsten Desai Arshad |
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Institution: | The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. twittman@scripps.edu |
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Abstract: | A diverse group of proteins known as +TIPs specifically recognize the growing plus ends of microtubules in cells. Two recent papers on one such protein, CLIP-170, provide new insights into the cellular functions of +TIPs as well as the mechanism by which they track microtubule ends. |
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