Microtubule End Binding: EBs Sense the Guanine Nucleotide State

作者：Akhmanova Anna^*; Steinmetz Michel O

来源：Current Biology, 2011, 21(8): R283-R285.

DOI：10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.023

EB proteins accumulate at the tips of growing microtubules and recruit to them a multitude of factors to regulate microtubule functions. A new study suggests that EBs recognize microtubule ends by distinguishing between different states of the tubulin-bound guanine nucleotide.

• 出版日期2011-4-26