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Mechanical tension expands the microtubule lattice stepwise and modulates kinesin-1 binding in an isoform-dependent manner
Yannic Lurz, Benedikt S. J. Fischer, Jaya Mishra…·Serapion Pyrpassopoulos
This paper measures how mechanical tension affects microtubule lattice expansion and kinesin-1 binding, showing isoform-dependent responses and a critical switching force.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.17.732986