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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2018

Mitotic kinesins in action: diffusive searching, directional switching, and ensemble coordination.

Allison M Gicking, Weihong Qiu, William O Hancock

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Allison M GickingDepartment of Physics and, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
Weihong QiuDepartment of Physics and, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
William O HancockDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802.

Funding

Molecular mechanism of kinesin motilityR01GM076476 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI HANCOCK, WILLIAM OLAF · 2006 to 2019
$3.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitotic spindle assembly requires the collective action of multiple microtubule motors that coordinate their activities in ensembles. However, despite significant advances in our understanding of mitotic kinesins at the single-motor level, multi-motor systems are challenging to reconstitute in vitro and thus less well understood. Recent findings highlighted in this perspective demonstrate how various properties of kinesin-5 and -14 motors-diffusive searching, directional switching, and multivalent interactions-allow them to achieve their physiological roles of cross-linking parallel microtubules and sliding antiparallel ones during cell division. Additionally, we highlight new experimental techniques that will help bridge the gap between in vitro biophysical studies and in vivo cell biology investigations and provide new insights into how specific single-molecule mechanisms generate complex cellular behaviors.

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MitosisDiffusionKinesinsModels, BiologicalMovementKinesins

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PMID29757705
PMCPMC5935065

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