If you ever wondered where the unc-119 phenotype comes from in your Mossci worms, the results of a wonderful collaboration with the Harterink (Utrecht) and Wieser (ICFO) labs are now posted on the bioRxiv. UNC-119 might be the missing link between the spectrin and microtubule cytoskeleton, at forms a ternary complex with unc-44/ankyrin and unc-33/crmps – surprisingly, it shares similar organization as the 190nm periodicity of the actin/spectrin cytoskeleton. Check it out!