The microtubule-associated protein XMAP215 promotes microtubule growth, but how this occurs has been unclear. To address this question, Gary Brouhard et al. developed a single-molecule ...

In plants, both microtubule-associated proteins (MAPS) and viral movement proteins (MPs) interact with microtubules. Recently, a unique plant structural MAP has been cloned, which may have a ...

Supercomputer simulations by University of Chicago and University of Utah scientists have revealed new behavior happening at microtubule tips, the location where they grow or shrink. This basic ...