The depolymerizing kinesin MCAK uses lattice diffusion to rapidly target microtubule ends
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Helenius, J., Brouhard, G., Kalaidzidis, Y., Diez, S., & Howard, J. (2006). The depolymerizing kinesin MCAK uses lattice diffusion to rapidly target microtubule ends. Nature, 441(7089), 115–119.

Authors 5
  1. Jonne Helenius (first)
  2. Gary Brouhard (additional)
  3. Yannis Kalaidzidis (additional)
  4. Stefan Diez (additional)
  5. Jonathon Howard (additional)
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@article{Helenius_2006, title={The depolymerizing kinesin MCAK uses lattice diffusion to rapidly target microtubule ends}, volume={441}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04736}, DOI={10.1038/nature04736}, number={7089}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Helenius, Jonne and Brouhard, Gary and Kalaidzidis, Yannis and Diez, Stefan and Howard, Jonathon}, year={2006}, month=may, pages={115–119} }