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Science 8 July 2005: Vol. 309. no. 5732, pp. 297 - 300 DOI: 10.1126/science.1113465
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The Kinesin Klp2 Mediates Polarization of Interphase Microtubules in Fission Yeast
Rafael E. Carazo-Salas,1*
Claude Antony,2
Paul Nurse1,3
Fission yeast ( Schizosaccharomyces pombe) cells grow longitudinally in a manner dependent on a polarized distribution of their interphase microtubules. We found that this distribution required sliding of microtubules toward the cell center along preexisting microtubules. This sliding was mediated by the minus enddirected kinesin motor Klp2, which helped microtubules to become properly organized with plus ends predominantly oriented toward the cell ends and minus ends toward the cell center. Thus, interphase microtubules in the fission yeast require motor activities for their proper organization.
1 Cell Cycle Laboratory, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, WC2A 1PX, UK.
2 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
3 Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: carazo01{at}cancer.org.uk
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