Figure 1.
Schematic of Kinesin-1 towing its cargo along a microtubule (left) while Eg5 crosslinks two anti-parallel microtubules (right). By walking to the plus-ends of each microtubule, Eg5 can slide the two microtubules apart.
Schematic of Kinesin-1 towing its cargo along a microtubule (left) while Eg5 crosslinks two anti-parallel microtubules (right). By walking to the plus-ends of each microtubule, Eg5 can slide the two microtubules apart.