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Three-dimensional structure of the Trypanosome flagellum suggests that the paraflagellar rod functions as a biomechanical spring. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Flagellum motility is critical for normal human development and for transmission of pathogenic protozoa that cause tremendous human suffering worldwide.
Louise C Hughes +3 more
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Calaxin stabilizes the docking of outer arm dyneins onto ciliary doublet microtubule in vertebrates
eLife, 2023 Outer arm dynein (OAD) is the main force generator of ciliary beating. Although OAD loss is the most frequent cause of human primary ciliary dyskinesia, the docking mechanism of OAD onto the ciliary doublet microtubule (DMT) remains elusive in ...
Hiroshi Yamaguchi +2 more
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Cell cycle-dependent microtubule-based dynamic transport of cytoplasmic dynein in mammalian cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:Cytoplasmic dynein complex is a large multi-subunit microtubule (MT)-associated molecular motor involved in various cellular functions including organelle positioning, vesicle transport and cell division.
Takuya Kobayashi, Takashi Murayama
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Identification of new genes involved in human adipogenesis and fat storage. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Since the worldwide increase in obesity represents a growing challenge for health care systems, new approaches are needed to effectively treat obesity and its associated diseases. One prerequisite for advances in this field is the identification of genes
Jörn Söhle +7 more
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Kinesin and dynein use distinct mechanisms to bypass obstacles
eLife, 2019 Kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein are microtubule (MT) motors that transport intracellular cargoes. It remains unclear how these motors move along MTs densely coated with obstacles of various sizes in the cytoplasm.
Luke S Ferro +4 more
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PLoS Genetics, 2020 Ciliary dyneins are preassembled in the cytoplasm before being transported into cilia, and a family of proteins containing the PIH1 domain, PIH proteins, are involved in the assembly process.
Ryosuke Yamamoto +7 more
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Dynein light intermediate chains as pivotal determinants of dynein multifunctionality [PDF]
Journal of Cell Science, 2021 ABSTRACT In animal cells, a single cytoplasmic dynein motor mediates microtubule minus-end-directed transport, counterbalancing dozens of plus-end-directed kinesins. The remarkable ability of dynein to interact with a diverse cargo spectrum stems from its tightly regulated recruitment of cargo-specific adaptor proteins, which engage the ...
Amrita Kumari +3 more
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Dynein and intraflagellar transport [PDF]
Experimental Cell Research, 2015 Publisher Summary This chapter provides a brief background on intraflagellar transport (IFT) and reviews the studies culminating in the identification of the dynein motor that powers retrograde IFT. IFT is the active movement of multi-subunit particles along axonemal doublet microtubules in the space between the outer-doublet microtubules and the ...
Hou, Yuqing, Witman, George B.
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Emergence of flagellar beating from the collective behavior of individual ATP-powered dyneins [PDF]
, 2016 Flagella are hair-like projections from the surface of eukaryotic cells, and they play an important role in many cellular functions, such as cell-motility.
Onck, P. R., Namdeo, S.
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eLife, 2022 Mutations in the microtubule (MT)-binding protein doublecortin (DCX) or in the MT-based molecular motor dynein result in lissencephaly. However, a functional link between DCX and dynein has not been defined.
Xiaoqin Fu +7 more
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