Intracellular transport: how do motors work together?
How many motors move cargos on microtubules inside a cell, and how do they work together to achieve regulated transport? A new study uses an optical trap to investigate the motion of protein-bound beads on the surface of flagella to address these questions and comes up with some intriguing answers.
Mallik
Roop
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Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. roop@tifr.res.in
Gross
Steven P
SP
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005407:Flagella / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D052898:Optical Tweezers
D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins