..., however, it is not well characterised as to whether spindle microtubules are actively bundled, as Ase1 does not particularly localise to the spindle at that stage. Here we show that the conserved microtubule-associated protein CLASP (fission yeast Peg1/Cls1) facilitates bundling of spindle microtubules...

....062414 Akhmanova , A. , Hoogenraad , C. C. , Drabek , K. , Stepanova , T. , Dortland , B. , Verkerk , T. , Vermeulen , W. , Burgering , B. M. , De Zeeuw , C. I. , Grosveld , F. , et al. ( 2001 ). CLASPs are CLIP-115 and -170 associating proteins involved...

... Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. K-fiber Clasp Microtubules Mitosis Spindle The self-organization and maintenance...