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. 2011 Apr 26;21(8):R283-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.023.

Microtubule end binding: EBs sense the guanine nucleotide state

Anna Akhmanova  1 , Michel O Steinmetz
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Microtubule end binding: EBs sense the guanine nucleotide state

Anna Akhmanova et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

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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