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ASCB Home. Syntrophins and dystrobrevins: defining the dystrophin scaffold at synapses.
Cargo of kinesin identified as JIP scaffolding proteins and associated signaling molecules. Carson JH, Barbarese E. Systems analysis of RNA trafficking in neural cells. Biol Cell. Tekotte H, Davis I. Intracellular mRNA localization: motors move messages. Trends Genet. Genes Dev. Transport of Drosophila fragile X mental retardation protein-containing ribonucleoprotein granules by kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein.
Kinesin light chain-independent function of the Kinesin heavy chain in cytoplasmic streaming and posterior localisation in the Drosophila oocyte. Kinesin-dependent movement on microtubules precedes actin-based motility of vaccinia virus. Herpes simplex virus tegument protein US11 interacts with conventional kinesin heavy chain.
J Virol. Fast anterograde transport of herpes simplex virus: role for the amyloid precursor protein of Alzheimers disease. Aging Cell.
Ward BM, Moss B. Vaccinia virus A36R membrane protein provides a direct link between intracellular enveloped virions and the microtubule motor kinesin. SRC mediates a switch from microtubule- to actin-based motility of vaccinia virus. Hall A. Src launches vaccinia. Slow axonal transport: fast motors in the slow lane. Clarke EJ, Allan V. Intermediate filaments: vimentin moves in.
Pfister KK. Cytoplasmic dynein and microtubule transport in the axon: the action connection. Mol Neurobiol. Shea TB, Yabe J. Occam's Razor slices through the mysteries of neurofilament axonal transport: can it really be so simple? Intermediate filaments are dynamic and motile elements of cellular architecture. Oligomeric tubulin in large transporting complex is transported via kinesin in squid giant axons. J Neurochem. Coalignment of vimentin intermediate filaments with microtubules depends on kinesin.
Liao G, Gundersen GG. Kinesin is a candidate for cross-bridging microtubules and intermediate filaments. Selective binding of kinesin to detyrosinated tubulin and vimentin. Rapid movements of vimentin on microtubule tracks: kinesin-dependent assembly of intermediate filament networks.
Rapid transport of neural intermediate filament protein. Abnormal neurofilament transport caused by targeted disruption of neuronal kinesin heavy chain KIF5A. Weaver C, Kimelman D. Move it or lose it: axis specification in Xenopus. Houliston E, Elinson RP. Patterns of microtubule polymerization relating to cortical rotation in Xenopus laevis eggs. Evidence for the involvement of microtubules, ER, and kinesin in the cortical rotation of fertilized frog eggs.
EMBO J. GBP binds kinesin light chain and translocates during cortical rotation in Xenopus eggs. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 phosphorylates kinesin light chains and negatively regulates kinesin-based motility. Int J Dev Neurosci. The JIP group of mitogen-activated protein kinase scaffold proteins. JLP associates with kinesin light chain 1 through a novel leucine zipper-like domain. Sunday Driver links axonal transport to damage signaling.
Bloom L, Horvitz HR. The Caenorhabditis elegans gene UNC and its human homologs define a new gene family involved in axonal outgrowth and fasciculation. The kinesin-associated protein UNC is required for axonal transport in the Drosophila nervous system. Mammalian homologue of the Caenorhabditis elegans UNC protein involved in axonal outgrowth is a protein kinase C zeta-interacting protein. Identification of FEZ1 as a protein that interacts with JC virus agnoprotein and microtubules: role of agnoprotein-induced dissociation of FEZ1 from microtubules in viral propagation.
Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1, a candidate gene for schizophrenia, participates in neurite outgrowth.
Mol Psychiatry. Essential role for the Prader-Willi syndrome protein necdin in axonal outgrowth. Hum Mol Genet. NBR1 interacts with fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1 FEZ1 and calcium and integrin binding protein CIB and shows developmentally restricted expression in the neural tube.
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Genome Res. Dystonia in Ashkenazi Jews: clinical characterization of a founder mutation. Ann Neurol. Spread of symptoms in idiopathic torsion dystonia. Mov Disord.
The early onset dystonia protein torsinA interacts with kinesin light chain 1. Mackintosh C. Dynamic interactions between 14— proteins and phosphoproteins regulate diverse cellular processes.
Biochem J. Phosphorylation-dependent interaction of kinesin light chain 2 and the 14— protein. The kinesin-like motor protein KIF1C occurs in intact cells as a dimer and associates with proteins of the 14— family. Polarity proteins control ciliogenesis via kinesin motor interactions. Protein interaction mapping: a Drosophila case study. A protein interaction map of Drosophila melanogaster. A comprehensive two-hybrid analysis to explore the yeast protein interactome. A map of the interactome network of the metazoan C.
A comprehensive analysis of protein-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Syntabulin is a microtubule-associated protein implicated in syntaxin transport in neurons. FlyBase: genes and gene models. Nucleic Acids Res. WormBase: a comprehensive data resource for Caenorhabditis biology and genomics. Evidence of kinesin heavy chain KIF5A involvement in pure hereditary spastic paraplegia. Targeted disruption of mouse conventional kinesin heavy chain, kif5B, results in abnormal perinuclear clustering of mitochondria.
KIF5C, a novel neuronal kinesin enriched in motor neurons. Clonal tests of conventional kinesin function during cell proliferation and differentiation. Kinesin I-dependent cortical exclusion restricts pole plasm to the oocyte posterior. Kinesin-1 mediates translocation of the meiotic spindle to the oocyte cortex through KCA-1, a novel cargo adapter.