Bidirectional Transport: Matchmaking for Motors

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Welte, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROTUBULE; MOTION; PEROXISOME; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYNEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOTION; PEROXISOMES;

EID: 77953140417     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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