Mammalian end binding proteins control persistent microtubule growth.
Komarova, Y., De Groot, C.O., Grigoriev, I., Gouveia, S.M., Munteanu, E.L., Schober, J.M., Honnappa, S., Buey, R.M., Hoogenraad, C.C., Dogterom, M., Borisy, G.G., Steinmetz, M.O., Akhmanova, A.(2009) J Cell Biol 
- PubMed: 19255245 
- DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200807179
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3CO1 - PubMed Abstract: 
End binding proteins (EBs) are highly conserved core components of microtubule plus-end tracking protein networks. Here we investigated the roles of the three mammalian EBs in controlling microtubule dynamics and analyzed the domains involved. Protein depletion and rescue experiments showed that EB1 and EB3, but not EB2, promote persistent microtubule growth by suppressing catastrophes ...