Transporte intracelular: como que os motores funcionam juntos?

Intracellular Transport: How Do Motors Work Together?

Roop Mallik1,andSteven P. Gross2,

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
2 Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California

Summary

How many motors move cargos on microtubules inside a cell, and how do they work together to achieve regulated transport? A new study uses an optical trap to investigate the motion of protein-bound beads on the surface of flagella to address these questions and comes up with some intriguing answers.

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