Mechanical properties of organelles driven by microtubule-dependent molecular motors in living cells.

The organization of the cytoplasm is regulated by molecular motors which transport organelles and other cargoes along cytoskeleton tracks. Melanophores have pigment organelles or melanosomes that move along microtubules toward their minus and plus end by the action of cytoplasmic dynein and kinesin-...

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Main Authors: Luciana Bruno, Marcelo Salierno, Diana E Wetzler, Marcelo A Despósito, Valeria Levi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3069964?pdf=render