Cytoskeleton: septins do the horizontal tango

Theodore Pham¹, Jessica E DiCiccio¹, William S Trimble²

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¹ Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
² Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada. Electronic address: wtrimble@sickkids.ca.

PMID: 24735857
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.047

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Cytoskeleton: septins do the horizontal tango

Theodore Pham et al. Curr Biol. 2014.

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. 2014 Apr 14;24(8):R324-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.047.

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Theodore Pham¹, Jessica E DiCiccio¹, William S Trimble²

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¹ Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
² Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada. Electronic address: wtrimble@sickkids.ca.

PMID: 24735857
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.047

Abstract

Septins are a family of membrane-associated filamentous proteins that are essential in many biological processes, such as cell division. A recent study has provided the first visualization of septin filament formation in real time, leading to important new insights into their organization.

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Septin assemblies form by diffusion-driven annealing on membranes.
Bridges AA, Zhang H, Mehta SB, Occhipinti P, Tani T, Gladfelter AS. Bridges AA, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Feb 11;111(6):2146-51. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314138111. Epub 2014 Jan 27. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014. PMID: 24469790 Free PMC article.

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