title: Intermediate filaments: vimentin moves in.
abstract: Vimentin intermediate filaments move bi-directionally along microtubules in the cell. Recent work has identified the microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein as the missing inward-directed motor that drives this movement.
authors.affiliation: CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Emma J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Viki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Allan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D000072159:Dynactin Complex; D004398:Dyneins / Q000502:physiology; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000502:physiology; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000502:physiology*; D016547:Kinesins / Q000502:physiology; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection; D014746:Vimentin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000072159:Dynactin Complex; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014746:Vimentin; D004398:Dyneins; D016547:Kinesins