A Motor-Driven Mechanism for Cell-Length Sensing

Size homeostasis is fundamental in cell biology, but it is not clear how large cells such as neurons can assess their own size or length. We examined a role for molecular motors in intracellular length sensing. Computational simulations suggest that spatial information can be encoded by the frequen...

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Main Authors: Ida Rishal, Naaman Kam, Rotem Ben-Tov Perry, Vera Shinder, Elizabeth M.C. Fisher, Giampietro Schiavo, Mike Fainzilber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-06-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124712001386