Tubulin delivery: Polymerization chaperones for microtubule assembly?

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作者
Cassimeris, Lynne [1 ]
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[1] Lehigh Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
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10.1016/j.devcel.2007.09.009
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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A new paper by Slep and Vale in a recent issue of Molecular Cell provides structural clues as to how three different +TIP proteins interact with tubulin and suggests that +TIPs deliver oligomers of tubulin dimers to growing microtubule ends.
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