Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2170270 | Current Opinion in Cell Biology | 2008 | 7 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Jennifer L Ross, M Yusuf Ali, David M Warshaw,