CLASPs are CLIP-115 and -170 associating proteins involved in the regional regulation of microtubule dynamics in motile fibroblasts
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Two CLIP-associated proteins (CLASPs) have been isolated. CLIP-170 and CLIP-115 are cytoplasmic linker proteins that associate specifically with the ends of growing microtubules and may function as anti-catastrophe factors. CLASPs are homologous to the Drosophila Orbit/Mast microtubule-associated protein and appear to be involved in the local regulation of microtubule dynamics, responding to positional cues.
Publication Name: Cell
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0092-8674
Year: 2001
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Human CLASP1 is an outer kinetochore component that regulates spindle microtubule dynamics
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Research has been conducted on microtubule-associated protein CLASP1. The authors demonstrate that this protein localizes near the plus end of the growing spindle microtubules and is a kinetochore region component, and suggest that CLASP1 is important for attached microtubules to display normal dynamic behavior.
Publication Name: Cell
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0092-8674
Year: 2003
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The microtubule plus-end tracking protein CLIP-170 associates with the spermatid manchette and is essential for spermatogenesis
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The function of mouse cytoplasmic linker protein of 170 kDa (CLIP-170) is examined. It is found that Clip-170 is able to act both as a (+)TIP and as a structural protein and is also important for normal spermatogenesis.
Publication Name: Genes & Development
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-9369
Year: 2005
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