Tug-of-war between dissimilar teams of microtubule motors regulates transport and fission of endosomes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 19381-19386

  Soppina, Virupakshi ^a   Rai, Arpan Kumar ^a   Ramaiya, Avin Jayesh ^a   Barak, Pradeep ^a   Mallik, Roop ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Asymmetric motor competition; Coordination of motors; Molecular motor dynein kinesin; Regulation of bidirectional motion

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOSOME; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DYNEINS; ENDOSOMES; KINESIN; MICROSPHERES; MICROTUBULES; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 73349125122     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906524106     Document Type: Article

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