Structure and mechanics of dynein motors

JT Canty, R Tan, E Kusakci… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Dyneins make up a family of AAA+ motors that move toward the minus end of microtubules.
Cytoplasmic dynein is responsible for transporting intracellular cargos in interphase cells …

Ciliogenesis: building the cell's antenna

H Ishikawa, WF Marshall - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
The cilium is a complex organelle, the assembly of which requires the coordination of motor-
driven intraflagellar transport (IFT), membrane trafficking and selective import of cilium …

The regulation of cilium assembly and disassembly in development and disease

L Wang, BD Dynlacht - Development, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The primary cilium is an antenna-like organelle assembled on most types of quiescent and
differentiated mammalian cells. This immotile structure is essential for interpreting …

Microtubule doublets are double-track railways for intraflagellar transport trains

L Stepanek, G Pigino - Science, 2016 - science.org
The cilium is a large macromolecular machine that is vital for motility, signaling, and sensing
in most eukaryotic cells. Its conserved core structure, the axoneme, contains nine …

Molecular basis of tubulin transport within the cilium by IFT74 and IFT81

S Bhogaraju, L Cajanek, C Fort, T Blisnick, K Weber… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) of ciliary precursors such as tubulin from the cytoplasm to the
ciliary tip is involved in the construction of the cilium, a hairlike organelle found on most …

Chapter two intraflagellar transport (IFT): role in ciliary assembly, resorption and signalling

LB Pedersen, JL Rosenbaum - Current topics in developmental biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Cilia and flagella have attracted tremendous attention in recent years as research
demonstrated crucial roles for these organelles in coordinating a number of physiologically …

Intraflagellar transport proteins 172, 80, 57, 54, 38, and 20 form a stable tubulin‐binding IFT‐B2 complex

M Taschner, K Weber, A Mourão, M Vetter… - The EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) relies on the IFT complex and is required for ciliogenesis. The
IFT‐B complex consists of 9–10 stably associated core subunits and six “peripheral” …

Motility and more: the flagellum of Trypanosoma brucei

G Langousis, KL Hill - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Trypanosoma brucei is a pathogenic unicellular eukaryote that infects humans and other
mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. A central feature of trypanosome biology is the single …

Cilia and diseases

JM Brown, GB Witman - Bioscience, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In recent decades, cilia have moved from relative obscurity to a position of importance for
understanding multiple complex human diseases. Now termed the ciliopathies, these …

Cellular logistics: unraveling the interplay between microtubule organization and intracellular transport

M Burute, LC Kapitein - Annual review of cell and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Microtubules are core components of the cytoskeleton and serve as tracks for motor protein–
based intracellular transport. Microtubule networks are highly diverse across different cell …