Role of myosin VIIa and Rab27a in the motility and localization of RPE melanosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6473-6483

  Gibbs, Daniel ^a   Azarian, Sassan M ^a   Lillo, Concepcion ^a   Kitamoto, Junko ^a   Klomp, Adriana E ^a   Steel, Karen P ^b,c   Libby, Richard T ^b,d   Williams, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanosome; Myosin Va; Myosin VIIa; Organelle motility; Rab27a; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN VA; MYOSIN VIIA; RAB27A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELANOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; TISSUE SECTION; USHER SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DYNEIN ATPASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13444262174     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01580     Document Type: Article

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