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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 790 - 792 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nsmb0907-790
When it comes to couple(r)s, do opposites attract?
Sharsti Sandall1 & Arshad Desai1
- Sharsti Sandall and Arshad Desai are at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CMM East, Room 3052, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093-0653, USA. e-mail: abdesai@ucsd.edu
Abstract
A recent study using electron microscopy provides a detailed view of the oligomerization of a protein complex on the surface of a microtubule polymer. The findings point to a new type of interaction that may be well suited to couple the movement of cargo to dynamic cytoskeletal polymers.
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