Melanosomes on the move: A model to understand organelle dynamics

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1191-1196

  Hume, Alistair N ^a   Seabra, Miguel C ^b,c,d  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Kinesin; Live cell microscopy; Melanosome; Microtubule; Organelle dynamics; Pigment cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MELANOPHILIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN VA; RAB27A PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSPORT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; DYNEINS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSINS; ORGANELLES; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 80053359163     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0391191     Document Type: Review

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