How many motors move cargos on microtubules inside a cell and how do they work together to achieve regulated transport? A new study uses an optical trap to investigate the motion of protein-bound beads on the surface of flagella to address these questions and comes up with some intriguing answers
Cells are shaped by the cytoskeleton, a network of dynamic biopolymers and associated proteins. Amon...
textThe cell relies on molecular motor proteins for long range transport of vesicles and organelles ...
A cargo encounters many obstacles during its transport by molecular motors as it moves throughout th...
SummaryHow many motors move cargos on microtubules inside a cell, and how do they work together to a...
Eukaryotic cells are divided into a complex system of compartments, with their spatial organization ...
Intracellular transport along microtubules is often bidirectional, employing multiple plus- and minu...
SummaryTeams of kinesin and dynein motors drive bidirectional transport of intracellular cargoes alo...
Intracellular transport provides a mechanism by which cellular material, such as organelles, vesicle...
SummaryHow does cellular traffic switch direction on microtubules, or switch back and forth between ...
conserved and unique aspects of this system will likely lead to a deeper understanding of intracellu...
AbstractThe number of microtubule motors attached to vesicles, organelles, and other subcellular com...
Molecular motor proteins are crucial for the proper distribution of organelles and vesicles in cells...
Molecular motors are macromolecular complexes which use some form of input energy to perform mechani...
Diverse cellular processes are driven by the collective force from multiple motor proteins. Disease-...
It has been a decade since a novel form of microtubule (MT)-based motility, i.e., intraflagellar tra...
Cells are shaped by the cytoskeleton, a network of dynamic biopolymers and associated proteins. Amon...
textThe cell relies on molecular motor proteins for long range transport of vesicles and organelles ...
A cargo encounters many obstacles during its transport by molecular motors as it moves throughout th...
SummaryHow many motors move cargos on microtubules inside a cell, and how do they work together to a...
Eukaryotic cells are divided into a complex system of compartments, with their spatial organization ...
Intracellular transport along microtubules is often bidirectional, employing multiple plus- and minu...
SummaryTeams of kinesin and dynein motors drive bidirectional transport of intracellular cargoes alo...
Intracellular transport provides a mechanism by which cellular material, such as organelles, vesicle...
SummaryHow does cellular traffic switch direction on microtubules, or switch back and forth between ...
conserved and unique aspects of this system will likely lead to a deeper understanding of intracellu...
AbstractThe number of microtubule motors attached to vesicles, organelles, and other subcellular com...
Molecular motor proteins are crucial for the proper distribution of organelles and vesicles in cells...
Molecular motors are macromolecular complexes which use some form of input energy to perform mechani...
Diverse cellular processes are driven by the collective force from multiple motor proteins. Disease-...
It has been a decade since a novel form of microtubule (MT)-based motility, i.e., intraflagellar tra...
Cells are shaped by the cytoskeleton, a network of dynamic biopolymers and associated proteins. Amon...
textThe cell relies on molecular motor proteins for long range transport of vesicles and organelles ...
A cargo encounters many obstacles during its transport by molecular motors as it moves throughout th...
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