Taxol kills cancer cells by overstabilising their microtubules. Yean Ming's new paper shows that taxol has dramatically different effects on different human tubulin isotypes.
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Alonso in the Bowman lab defines a new import pathway specific for monomeric histones.
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Alessio and friends in McAinsh/Meraldi labs show that HURP dynamically marks a kinetochore-proximal region of depolymerising K-fibres.
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Nida, Daniel Algis, Alex, Rob & Anne join forces to benchmark the slip-prone stepping of Kif1C.
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Cansu and others from the Royle lab show that clathrin-coated pits can be made to form inside cells. Even on mitochondria! This work reveals what are the essential ingredients to cook up a vesicle.
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