Evidence for a HURP/EB free mixed-nucleotide zone in kinetochore-microtubules

oleh: Cédric Castrogiovanni, Alessio V. Inchingolo, Jonathan U. Harrison, Damian Dudka, Onur Sen, Nigel J. Burroughs, Andrew D. McAinsh, Patrick Meraldi

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01

Deskripsi

Microtubules are built from GDP-tubulin lattices with small GTP caps at their plus-ends. Here, the authors reveal that microtubules that attach to kinetochores in mitosis contain, in addition to the GTP-cap and the GDP-lattices, a dynamic micron-sized mixed-nucleotide zone.