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DNA takes control

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Polarized arrays of microtubules can be assembled and disassembled using motor proteins that are programmed by DNA strands.

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Figure 1: Controlled assembly and disassembly of aster-like microtubule networks using hybrid complexes made of DNA and motor proteins.

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  1. Arne Gennerich is in the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology and Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA,

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