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. 2007 Mar;12(3):320-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.02.012.

Special delivery: dynamic targeting via cortical capture of microtubules

Jennifer R Levy  1 , Erika L F Holzbaur
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Special delivery: dynamic targeting via cortical capture of microtubules

Jennifer R Levy et al. Dev Cell. 2007 Mar.
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Abstract

Gap junction formation depends on the proper transport of connexin hemichannels to sites of cell-cell contact. Recently in Cell, Shaw et al. implicate microtubule tip tracking proteins in the trafficking of connexin43 to adherens junctions (Shaw et al., 2007). This finding suggests a mechanism for targeted delivery of membrane proteins by microtubule capture at the cortex.

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