Visualization of melanosome dynamics within wild-type and dilute melanocytes suggests a paradigm for myosin v function in vivo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1899-1918

  Wu, Xufeng ^a   Bowers, Blair ^a   Rao, Kang ^a   Wei, Qin ^a   Hammer III, John A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilute; Melanosomes; Microtubule motors; Myosin V; Organelle motility

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DENDRITES; FISHES; HAIR COLOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOPHORES; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032576622     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.7.1899     Document Type: Article

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