XMAP215: a tip tracker that really moves |
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| Authors: | Asbury Charles L |
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| Institution: | Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Box 357290, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. casbury@u.washington.edu |
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| Abstract: | XMAP215 is a microtubule plus-end binding protein implicated in modulating microtubule dynamics. In this issue, Brouhard et al. (2008) propose a new mechanism to explain how XMAP215 promotes microtubule growth. They report that XMAP215 moves with the growing microtubule plus ends where it catalyzes the addition of tubulin subunits. |
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