Cargo transport: molecular motors navigate a complex cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Ross, Jennifer L ^a   Ali, M Yusuf ^b   Warshaw, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN VA;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 39149138988     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2007.11.006     Document Type: Review

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