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Centriolar cap in action

Centriolar cap proteins CP110 and CPAP control slow elongation of microtubule plus ends. Iyer SS, Chen F, Ogunmolu FE, Moradi S, Volkov VA, van Grinsven EJ, van Hoorn C, Wu J, Andrea N, Hua S, Jiang K, Vakonakis I, Potočnjak

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“Champagne corks” at microtubule tips control growth of cilia

A network of interacting ciliary tip proteins with opposing activities imparts slow and processive microtubule growth. Saunders HAJ, van den Berg CM, Hoogebeen RA, Schweizer D, Stecker KE, Roepman R, Howes SC, Akhmanova A. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2025 Jan

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Aurora B controls microtubule stability to regulate abscission dynamics in stem cells

Aurora B controls microtubule stability to regulate abscission dynamics in stem cells S. Kodba, A. Öztop, E. van Berkum, E.A. Katrukha, M.K. Iwanski, W. Nijenhuis, L.C. Kapitein, A. Chaigne https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115238 Abscission is the last step of cell division. It separates

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Agathe Chaigne awarded ECR starting grant

Roles of cytoplasmic bridges in cell-cell cohesion and communication The decisive moment in cell division, when cells actually split in two, is surprisingly variable in biology. At the end of cell division, the two cells are still connected by a

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