the magic growing/shrinking GTP/GDP switch lies in the differential ability to bend out of plane and hold on neighbours.
Alone you go faster, together we go further.
Manuel Thery
Happy to contribute to this fantastic work by @maksimkalutskii.bsky.social and @maxotubule.bsky.social!
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Vladimir Volkov 🇺🇦
Microtubules are dynamic cytoskeletal polymers that add and lose tubulin dimers at
their ends. Microtubule growth, shortening, and transitions betw...
Excited to share our latest work in @pnas.org! Combining simulations and cryo-ET, we reveal how microtubules decide between growth and shortening. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @maksimkalutskii.bsky.social @vladimirvolkov.bsky.social @compbiophys.bsky.social @mpi-nat.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @dundee.ac.uk.
