Engineered, harnessed, and hijacked: Synthetic uses for cytoskeletal systems

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 644-652

  Goodman, Brian S ^a   Derr, Nathan D ^a   Reck Peterson, Samara L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Dynein; Kinesin; Microtubule; Motor; Myosin

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; DYNEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84869864981     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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