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• Yeast kinesin-8 depolymerizes microtubules in a length-dependent manner.

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• Plus end-specific depolymerase activity of Kip3, a kinesin-8 protein, explains its role in positioning the yeast mitotic spindle.

  Gupta ML Jr, Carvalho P, Roof DM, Pellman D. Gupta ML Jr, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Sep;8(9):913-23. doi: 10.1038/ncb1457. Epub 2006 Aug 13. Nat Cell Biol. 2006. PMID: 16906148