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eLife, 2022 In most eukaryotic organisms, cilia and flagella perform a variety of life-sustaining roles related to environmental sensing and motility. Cryo-electron microscopy has provided considerable insight into the morphology and function of flagellar structures,
Justine M Pinskey +7 more
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Stochastic modeling of cargo transport by teams of molecular motors
, 2013 Many different types of cellular cargos are transported bidirectionally along microtubules by teams of molecular motors. The motion of this cargo-motors system has been experimentally characterized in vivo as processive with rather persistent ...
A. Kunwar +13 more
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Directional instability of microtubule transport in the presence of kinesin and dynein, two opposite polarity motor proteins. [PDF]
, 1992 Kinesin and dynein are motor proteins that move in opposite directions along microtubules. In this study, we examine the consequences of having kinesin and dynein (ciliary outer arm or cytoplasmic) bound to glass surfaces interacting with the same ...
Brown, D, Malik, F, Vale, RD
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Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Of the three types of cytoskeleton known in animals—actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments—only actin and microtubules exist in plants. Both play important roles in cellular shaping, organelle movement, organization of the endomembrane system, and cell signaling.
Norman R. Groves +3 more
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Recruitment of two dyneins to an mRNA-dependent Bicaudal D transport complex
eLife, 2018 We investigated the role of full-length Drosophila Bicaudal D (BicD) binding partners in dynein-dynactin activation for mRNA transport on microtubules. Full-length BicD robustly activated dynein-dynactin motility only when both the mRNA binding protein ...
Thomas E Sladewski +7 more
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Making Two out of One: Kinesin Motors Driving Plant Cell Division
Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Kinesin superfamily of microtubule dependent motors is present in all eukaryotes. Not all of the subfamilies are represented in all kingdoms, and the ones that are do not always show conserved functions. Tight control of the cytoskeleton is essential for proper progression and completion of mitosis and cytokinesis, and key functions are ...
Choy Kriechbaum, Sabine Müller
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Computer Simulation of Flagellar Movement X. Doublet pair splitting and bend propagation modeled using stochastic dynein kinetics [PDF]
, 2014 Experimental observations on cyclic splitting and bending by a flagellar doublet pair are modeled using forces obtained from a model for dynein mechanochemistry, based on ideas introduced by Andrew Huxley and Terrill Hill and extended previously for ...
Brokaw, Charles J.
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Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Microtubules play essential roles in numerous cellular processes. All microtubules are built from the protein tubulin, yet individual microtubules can differ spatially and temporally due to their tubulin isotype composition and post‐translational modifications (PTMs).
Ezekiel C. Thomas +5 more
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Dynein structure and power stroke [PDF]
, 2003 Dynein ATPases are microtubule motors that are critical to diverse processes such as vesicle transport and the beating of sperm tails; however, their mechanism of force generation is unknown.
A Elliot +40 more
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