Microtubule-like properties of the bacterial actin homolog ParM-R1

• Main Authors: Popp, David., Narita, Akihiro., Lee, Lin Jie., Larsson, Mårten., Robinson, Robert C.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104888; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17016
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In preparation for mammalian cell division, microtubules repeatedly probe the cytoplasm to capture chromosomes and assemble the mitotic spindle. Critical features of this microtubule system are the formation of radial arrays centered at the centrosomes and dynamic instability, leading to persistent...