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Action at the ends of microtubules
1Department of Biological Sciences 258 Crawford Hall University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA. wsaund+@pitt.edu
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
|February 27, 1999
Abstract:
Microtubule-based motility in the cell is directly associated with changes in microtubule numbers through nucleation and growth and shrinkage of the polymer from the ends. Recent analysis of spindle pole bodies and kinetochores in yeast reveal how the cell builds specialized structures for association with the ends of microtubules.