title: The balance of power in RNA trafficking.
abstract: In the past two years, several different RNA trafficking pathways have been characterized in oligodendrocytes; similar trafficking pathways have been discovered in neuronal and retroviral systems; co-assembly of multiple different RNAs into the same granules has been analyzed as a mechanism for coordinating gene expression; and a new hypothesis for RNA trafficking, based on the balance of power between kinesin and dynein in individual RNA granules, has been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. jcarson@nso2.uchc.edu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barbarese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012313:RNA / Q000502:physiology*; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D012313:RNA