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Cargo transport: molecular motors navigate a complex cytoskeleton.
- Source :
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Current opinion in cell biology [Curr Opin Cell Biol] 2008 Feb; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 41-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jan 15. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Intracellular cargo transport requires microtubule-based motors, kinesin and cytoplasmic dynein, and the actin-based myosin motors to maneuver through the challenges presented by the filamentous meshwork that comprises the cytoskeleton. Recent in vitro single molecule biophysical studies have begun to explore this process by characterizing what occurs as these tiny molecular motors happen upon an intersection between two cytoskeletal filaments. These studies, in combination with in vivo work, define the mechanism by which molecular motors exchange cargo while traveling between filamentous tracks and deliver it to its destination when going from the cell center to the periphery and back again.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0955-0674
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in cell biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18226515
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2007.11.006