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XB-ART-43801
Curr Biol 2011 Apr 26;218:R283-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.023.
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Microtubule end binding: EBs sense the guanine nucleotide state.

Akhmanova A , Steinmetz MO .


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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.

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