BiophysicsAdvanced SciencePeer-reviewed
Kinesin-induced buckling reveals the limits of microtubule self-repair
Shweta Nandakumar, Jonas Bosche, Mirko Wieczorek…·Laura Schaedel
This study shows that kinesin-driven microtubule buckling causes severe lattice damage that often exceeds microtubule self-repair capacity, leading to breakage, but survival is enhanced with intracellular factors.
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