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SUBMITTER: Farias GG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5389300 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farías Ginny G GG Guardia Carlos M CM De Pace Raffaella R Britt Dylan J DJ Bonifacino Juan S JS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170320 14
The ability of lysosomes to move within the cytoplasm is important for many cellular functions. This ability is particularly critical in neurons, which comprise vast, highly differentiated domains such as the axon and dendrites. The mechanisms that control lysosome movement in these domains, however, remain poorly understood. Here we show that an ensemble of BORC, Arl8, SKIP, and kinesin-1, previously shown to mediate centrifugal transport of lysosomes in nonneuronal cells, specifically drives l ...[more]