Secretory vesicle transport velocity in living cells depends on the myosin-V lever arm length

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-39

  Schott, Daniel H ^a   Collins, Ruth N ^a   Bretscher, Anthony ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Exocytosis; Molecular motors; Myosin; Saccharomyces

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; ISOPROTEIN; MYO2 PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN V; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL CELL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY VESICLE; VELOCITY;

ACTINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXOCYTOSIS; GOLGI APPARATUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE V; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SECRETORY VESICLES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 0037033787     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200110086     Document Type: Article

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