In a 2005 paper, Folker et al. propose that proteins like CLIP-170 “track” these structures via “motor-driven,” “surfing,” or “end-loading” mechanisms. The Ndc80-Nuf2 ends of rods in the Ndc80 complex associate with these structures and are organized by DASH/Dam1 complex rings, which encircle these structures. A four-headed protein slides antiparallel instances of these structures away from each other, shortening their overlap. (*) Gamma-TuRCs mimic a component of these structures in order to promote their assembly. These structures do not consist of RNA, but the loss of a GTP cap from them promotes their “catastrophe,” causing them to exhibit dynamic instability. Chromatid separation is primarily facilitated by the association of kinetochores with these structures. For 10 points, name these structures along which dyneins and kinesins travel. ■END■
ANSWER: microtubules [accept spindles, spindle fibers, kinetochore microtubules, polar microtubules, or K-fibers] (The four-headed protein is kinesin-5.)
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