Not just a pretty cargo carrier: The other face of kinesins

Friel, Claire

Abstract

© 2018 Biochemical Society. If you've only ever heard of one kinesin, it's likely to be one that walks along microtubules and carries cargo around in the cell. However, this type of kinesin is only part of the kinesin story. The 'kinesin superfamily' is a large family of microtubule motors and members of the superfamily are critical to a variety of cellular functions. This article focuses on a class of kinesins that regulate the growth and shrinkage dynamics of microtubules. These kinesins orchestrate the construction and maintenance of microtubule structures required temporarily by cells, such as the apparatus that separates replicate chromosomes during cell division.

Citation

Friel, C. (2018). Not just a pretty cargo carrier: The other face of kinesins. Biochemist, 40(2), 22-25. https://doi.org/10.1042/bio04002022

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 26, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2018
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 11, 2022
• Journal: Biochemist
• Print ISSN: 0954-982X
• Electronic ISSN: 1740-1194
• Publisher: Portland Press
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 22-25
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/bio04002022
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4748188
• Publisher URL: https://portlandpress.com/biochemist/article/40/2/22/451/Not-just-a-pretty-cargo-carrier-the-other-face-of