Simultaneous measurement of smoothened entry into and exit from the primary cilium.

Ciliary accumulation of signaling proteins must result from a rate of ciliary entry that exceeds ciliary exit, but approaches for distinguishing ciliary entry vs. exit are lacking. Using a photoconvertible fluorescent protein tag, we establish an assay that allows a separate but simultaneous examina...

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Main Authors: Jynho Kim, Elaine Y C Hsia, James Kim, Navdar Sever, Philip A Beachy, Xiaoyan Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4132089?pdf=render