Heterotrimeric kinesin II is the microtubule motor protein responsible for pigment dispersion in Xenopus melanophores

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1547-1558

  Tuma, M Carolina ^a,c   Zill, Andrew ^a   Le Bot, Nathalie ^b   Vernos, Isabelle ^b   Gelfand, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterotrimeric kinesin; Lysosome; Melanophore; Microtubule motors; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL AGGREGATION; ELECTROPORATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINESIN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYSOSOMES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MELANOPHORES; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PINOCYTOSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MELANOPHORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032517764     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.6.1547     Document Type: Article

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