Biology 105
Eukaryotic Cell Biology
Note: This lecture was originally scheduled for October 6

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 October 5, 2006
The Cytoskeleton

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Textbook: Alberts et al (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell, pp. 907-929; 949-968.

Kural et al (2005) Kinesin and dynein move a peroxysome in vivo: A tug of war or coordinated movement? Science 308: 1469-1472. Experiments that reveal step-by-step movements of two different molecular motors.

Paredez et al (2006) Visualization of cellulose synthetase demonstrates functional association with microtubules. Science 312: 1491-1495. (Please Note: Up till 4 PM on 10/4,this link went to the wrong paper in Science. It's fixed now. Sorry for the mistake! - Ken)

 

From the MBOC CD:

Feature 16.1 (dynamic instability); 16.2 (MT-ER); 16.3 (MT dynamics); 16.5 (organelle movement); 16.6 (myosin); 16.7 (kinesin); 16.8 (crawling actin)