Motor usage imprints microtubule stability along the shaft

Self-repair protects microtubules from destruction by molecular motors

(2021) Sarah Triclin et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

CLASP Mediates Microtubule Repair by Restricting Lattice Damage and Regulating Tubulin Incorporation

(2020) Amol Aher et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Tubulin mRNA stability is sensitive to change in microtubule dynamics caused by multiple physiological and toxic cues

(2019) Ivana Gasic et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Lattice defects induce microtubule self-renewal

(2019) Laura Schaedel et al.   Nature Physics

CLASP Suppresses Microtubule Catastrophes through a Single TOG Domain

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Kinesin expands and stabilizes the GDP-microtubule lattice

(2018) Daniel R. Peet et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Generation and validation of homozygous fluorescent knock-in cells using CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing

(2018) Birgit Koch et al.   Nature Protocols

Severing enzymes amplify microtubule arrays through lattice GTP-tubulin incorporation

(2018) Annapurna Vemu et al.   SCIENCE

CLASP stabilization of plus ends created by severing promotes microtubule creation and reorientation

(2018) Jelmer J. Lindeboom et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Kinesin-binding–triggered conformation switching of microtubules contributes to polarized transport

(2018) Tomohiro Shima et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tubulin isoform composition tunes microtubule dynamics

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A small-molecule activator of kinesin-1 drives remodeling of the microtubule network

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Localized Mechanical Stress Promotes Microtubule Rescue

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Self-repair promotes microtubule rescue

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BORC Functions Upstream of Kinesins 1 and 3 to Coordinate Regional Movement of Lysosomes along Different Microtubule Tracks

(2016) Carlos M. Guardia et al.   Cell Reports

X-ray and Cryo-EM structures reveal mutual conformational changes of Kinesin and GTP-state microtubules upon binding

(2015) M. Morikawa et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The promise and peril of chemical probes

(2015) Cheryl H Arrowsmith et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Microtubules self-repair in response to mechanical stress

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Kinesin Kip2 enhances microtubule growth in vitro through length-dependent feedback on polymerization and catastrophe

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Effects of α-Tubulin K40 Acetylation and Detyrosination on Kinesin-1 Motility in a Purified System

(2014) Neha Kaul et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Biochemical evidence that human EB1 does not bind preferentially to the microtubule seam

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Length Regulation of Active Biopolymers by Molecular Motors

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Microtubule Length Regulation by Molecular Motors

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Luminal Localization of α-tubulin K40 Acetylation by Cryo-EM Analysis of Fab-Labeled Microtubules

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Kinesin Assembly and Movement in Cells

(2011) Kristen J. Verhey et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Regulation of microtubule dynamics by kinesins

(2011) Douglas R. Drummond   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

CLASP Promotes Microtubule Rescue by Recruiting Tubulin Dimers to the Microtubule

(2010) Jawdat Al-Bassam et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Engineering the length distribution of microtubules polymerized in vitro

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Kinesin-1 Regulates Microtubule Dynamics via a c-Jun N-terminal Kinase-dependent Mechanism

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Posttranslational Modifications of Tubulin and the Polarized Transport of Kinesin-1 in Neurons

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Single Molecule Imaging Reveals Differences in Microtubule Track Selection Between Kinesin Motors

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Detection of GTP-Tubulin Conformation in Vivo Reveals a Role for GTP Remnants in Microtubule Rescues

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