Intracellular motility: A special delivery service

Authors
Saxton, WM
Citation
Wm. Saxton, Intracellular motility: A special delivery service, CURR BIOL, 9(8), 1999, pp. R293-R295
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R293 - R295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(19990422)9:8<R293:IMASDS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Recent studies have identified a delivery service that operates in speciali sed cell appendages: two motor proteins and a novel protein organelle use a xonemal microtubules as tracks to shuttle essential components to the tips of flagella and the dendrites of sensory neurons.