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ArticleCommunicative & integrative biology2010

Cytoplasmic microtubule sliding: An unconventional function of conventional kinesin.

Amber L Jolly, Vladimir I Gelfand

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Article in Communicative & integrative biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Regulation of Axonal Microtubule Polarity Orientation in Different Kinds of Neurons.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
    Article
  2. Microtubules in Pancreatic β Cells: Convoluted Roadways Toward Precision.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
    Review
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  5. Unconventional functions of microtubule motors.Archives of biochemistry and biophysics · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amber L JollyDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Chicago, IL USA.
Vladimir I Gelfand
Northwestern University · US

Funding

REGULATION OF MYOSIN DRIVEN ORGANELLE TRANSPORTR01GM052111 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI GELFAND, VLADIMIR I · 1999 to 2018
$8.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM052111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are well known examples in nature of microtubules dramatically changing their function by re-organizing their structure. Most interphase animal cells rely on the radial organization of the microtubule network for precise cargo delivery. Dividing cells re-organize microtubules with the help of motor proteins to form the spindle and drive the segregation of chromosomes into daughter cells. These examples present a kind of dichotomy: microtubules can be utilized as stationary tracks along which motor proteins move, or they can perform work themselves by utilizing the power of motor proteins. While both occur during mitosis, our recent findings demonstrate that both functions may occur simultaneously in interphase cells as well. We find that kinesin-1 (a motor known for its role in transporting cargo along microtubule tracks) powers microtubule sliding in non-dividing cells and this mechanism is used to form cellular protrusions.

Indexed as

cytoskeletonkinesinmicrotubule motorsmicrotubulesS2 cells

Identifiers

PMID21331248
PMCPMC3038072
OpenAlexW2323953738

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Registered trials

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