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Nature Cell Biology 3, E69 - E70 (2001)
doi:10.1038/35060144
Ran hits the ground running
Claire E. Walczak1
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Claire E. Walczak is in the Department of Medical Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Jordan Hall 104, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
e-mail: cwalczak@indiana.edu
Abstract
The identification of proteins that are important for microtubule nucleation, regulation of microtubule dynamics and spindle assembly has been an exciting area of research. A series of recent papers have now provided key insights into these processes by identifying downstream targets of Ran that result in aster formation and spindle assembly.
