Microtubule assembly: catastrophe factors to the rescue

Sarah Garrett; Tarun M Kapoor

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.052

Microtubule assembly: catastrophe factors to the rescue

Curr Biol. 2003 Oct 14;13(20):R810-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.052.

Authors

Sarah Garrett¹, Tarun M Kapoor

Affiliation

¹ Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York 10021, USA.

PMID: 14561423
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.052

Abstract

Two new studies have shown how regulation of microtubule dynamics by members of the kinesin superfamily may guard against errors in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Chromosome Segregation / physiology*
Humans
Kinesins / metabolism*
Microtubules / metabolism*
Spindle Apparatus / metabolism
Spindle Apparatus / physiology*

Substances

Kinesins