Dynein's Life in the Slow Lane

Subhojit Roy

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.026

Dynein's Life in the Slow Lane

Neuron. 2016 Jun 1;90(5):907-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.026.

Author

Subhojit Roy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: s1roy@ucsd.edu.

PMID: 27253442
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.026

Abstract

Dynein synthesized in neuronal cell bodies is conveyed into the axon by slow transport, but underlying mechanisms are unclear. In this issue, Twelvetrees et al. (2016) propose a model where dynein is transported by direct-but transient-interactions with kinesin.

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MeSH terms

Cytoplasm
Dyneins*
Microtubules*

Substances

Dyneins