Microtubules: sizing up the GTP cap

Gary Brouhard; David Sept

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.050

Microtubules: sizing up the GTP cap

Curr Biol. 2012 Sep 25;22(18):R802-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.050.

Authors

Gary Brouhard¹, David Sept

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada. [email protected]

PMID: 23017994
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.050

Abstract

The 'GTP cap' of the microtubule has long been postulated to exist, but a recent experiment gives us the first quantitative measurements of the cap size in the cell.

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MeSH terms

Guanosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism*
Microtubules / metabolism*
Tubulin / metabolism*

Substances

Microtubule-Associated Proteins
Tubulin
Guanosine Triphosphate