Organelle transport: dynamic actin tracks for myosin motors.

Cramer, Louise

Cramer, Louise.

Affiliation

Cramer L; MRC-Laboratory Molecular Cell Biology/Cell Biology Unit and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK. l.cramer@ucl.ac.uk

Curr Biol ; 18(22): R1066-8, 2008 Nov 25.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19036338

ABSTRACT

Transport of cargo by molecular motors on microtubule and actin filament tracks is a fundamental property of eukaryotic cells. A new study reports that actin dynamics are required in cells for myosin I and V motor proteins to transport their organelle cargos on actin tracks.

Subject(s)

Actin Cytoskeleton/physiology; Myosin Type I/physiology; Myosin Type V/physiology; Organelles/metabolism; Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism; Animals; Anura/metabolism; Biological Transport/physiology; Melanophores/metabolism; Melanophores/ultrastructure; Myosin Type I/metabolism; Myosin Type V/metabolism

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Actin Cytoskeleton / Organelles / Myosin Type I / Myosin Type V Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Curr Biol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA Year: 2008 Document type: Article Country of publication: United kingdom

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