Kif3a guides microtubular dynamics, migration and lumen formation of MDCK cells.

The microtubular motor Kinesin-2 and its subunit Kif3a are essential for the formation of primary cilia, an organelle implicated in a wide spectrum of developmental abnormalities. Outside cilia, Kinesin-2 mediated transport has been implicated in vesicle and N-cadherin transport, but it is unknown i...

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Main Authors: Christopher Boehlke, Fruzsina Kotsis, Bjoern Buchholz, Christian Powelske, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Gerd Walz, Roland Nitschke, E Wolfgang Kuehn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641035?pdf=render