Cytoplasmic dynein, the dynactin complex, and kinesin are interdependent and essential for fast axonal transport

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3717-3728

  Martin, Mary Ann ^a   Iyadurai, Stanley J ^b   Gassman, Andrew ^a   Gindhart Jr , Joseph G ^c   Hays, Thomas S ^b   Saxton, William M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032741064     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.11.3717     Document Type: Article

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