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Bad chaperone

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Defects in microtubules are associated with a number of human diseases. Now, a chaperone protein that helps create microtubules is pinpointed in an inherited disorder.

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Figure 1: Tubulin chaperones.

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Figure 2: Individuals with Kenney-Caffey syndrome have cells with abnormal tubulin architecture.

Parvari et al. , Nature Genetics

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