Molecular machine, not assembly line, assembles microtubules
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
When they think about how cells put together the molecules that make life work, biologists have tended to think of assembly lines: Add A to B, tack on C, and so on. But the reality might be more like a molecular version of a 3-D printer, where a single mechanism assembles the molecule in one go.