Directional Transport Is Mediated by a Dynein-Dependent Step in an RNA Localization Pathway

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gagnon, James A ^a,b   Kreiling, Jill A ^a   Powrie, Erin A ^a   Wood, Timothy R ^a,c   Mowry, Kimberly L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN 1; KINESIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; DYNEINS; KINESIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTES; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84876984464     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001551     Document Type: Article

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