Microtubules in distress release arrest

  • Dev Cell. 2012 Aug 14;23(2):233-4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.07.005.
Kenneth E Prehoda  1
Affiliations
  • 1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
PMID: 22898771 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.07.005
Abstract

Injured tissues can replace damaged cells by proliferating. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Bossing et al. (2012) provide evidence that developing nervous system cells sense injury using their microtubule Cytoskeleton and respond by dividing to replace the missing cells.