Patronin Regulates the Microtubule Network by Protecting Microtubule Minus Ends
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Patronin Regulates the Microtubule Network by Protecting Microtubule Minus Ends
Tubulin assembles into microtubule polymers that have distinct plus and minus ends. Most microtubule plus ends in living cells are dynamic; the transitions between growth and shrinkage are regulated by assembly-promoting and destabilizing proteins. In contrast, minus ends are generally not dynamic, suggesting their stabilization by some unknown protein. Here, we have identified Patronin (also k...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.09.022