XMAP215 activity sets spindle length by controlling the total mass of spindle microtubules.

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Published in Nat Cell Biol on August 25, 2013

Authors

Simone B Reber1, Johannes Baumgart, Per O Widlund, Andrei Pozniakovsky, Jonathon Howard, Anthony A Hyman, Frank Jülicher

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1: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauer Str. 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany.

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