ArticleThe Journal of cell biology1986
Microtubule polarity confers direction to pigment transport in chromatophores.
Article in The Journal of cell biology, 1986. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Overexpression of tau protein inhibits kinesin-dependent trafficking of vesicles, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum: implications for Alzheimer's disease.The Journal of cell biology · 1998Article
- Self-centering in cytoplasmic fragments of melanophores.Molecular biology of the cell · 1998Article
- Microtubule dynamics in fish melanophores.The Journal of cell biology · 1994Article
- Microtubule mediation of cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation during the early stages of resumed meiosis in cultured mouse oocytes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1991Article
- The unusual microtubule polarity in teleost retinal pigment epithelial cells.The Journal of cell biology · 1988Article
- Functions of microtubules in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle.The Journal of cell biology · 1988Article
- Organization of microtubules in centrosome-free cytoplasm.The Journal of cell biology · 1988Article
- Calcium regulation of pigment transport in vitro.The Journal of cell biology · 1988Article
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Abstract
The cellular mechanisms used to direct translocating organelles are poorly understood. It is believed that the intrinsic structural polarity of microtubules may play a role in this process. We have examined the effects that differently oriented microtubules have upon the direction of pigment transport in surgically severed melanophore arms. In a previous paper (McNiven, M. A., M. Wang, and K. R. Porter, 1984, Cell, 37:753-765) we reported that after isolation, arms repolarized and reoriented their microtubules outward from their centers as if to form new "microcells." Pigment aggregation in these arms was toward a new focal point located at the arm centers. In this study we monitored pigment movement in isolated arms containing taxol-stabilized microtubules to test if the reversal in direction of pigment transport is dependent upon the repolarization of microtubules. We report that taxol delays both the microtubule reorientation and reversal in transport direction in a concentration-dependent manner. These and other presented data suggest that the polarity of the microtubule population within a melanophore confers direction on pigment transport.
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