Moving messages: the intracellular localization of mRNAs

D St Johnston - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA localization is a common mechanism for targeting proteins to regions of the
cell where they are required. It has an essential role in localizing cytoplasmic determinants …

Kinesin-2: a family of heterotrimeric and homodimeric motors with diverse intracellular transport functions

JM Scholey - Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Kinesin-2 was first purified as a heterotrimeric, anterograde, microtubule-based motor
consisting of two distinct kinesin-related subunits and a novel associated protein (KAP) that …

Two anterograde intraflagellar transport motors cooperate to build sensory cilia on C. elegans neurons

JJ Snow, G Ou, AL Gunnarson, MRS Walker… - Nature cell …, 2004 - nature.com
Cilia have diverse roles in motility and sensory reception and their dysfunction contributes to
cilia-related diseases. Assembly and maintenance of cilia depends on the intraflagellar …

Putting RNAs in the right place at the right time: RNA localization in the frog oocyte

ML King, TJ Messitt, KL Mowry - Biology of the Cell, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Localization of maternal mRNAs in many developing organisms provides the basis for both
initial polarity during oogenesis and patterning during embryogenesis. Prominent examples …

Mechanisms and consequences of subcellular RNA localization across diverse cell types

KL Engel, A Arora, R Goering, HYG Lo, JM Taliaferro - Traffic, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Essentially all cells contain a variety of spatially restricted regions that are important for
carrying out specialized functions. Often, these regions contain specialized transcriptomes …

Cis-acting determinants of asymmetric, cytoplasmic RNA transport

A Jambhekar, JL DeRisi - Rna, 2007 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Asymmetric subcellular distribution of RNA is used by many organisms to establish cell
polarity, differences in cell fate, or to sequester protein activity. Accurate localization of RNA …

Transport of Drosophila fragile X mental retardation protein-containing ribonucleoprotein granules by kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein

SC Ling, PS Fahrner… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Transport and translation of mRNA are tightly coupled to ensure strict temporal and spatial
expression of nascent proteins. Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) has been …

A “holistic” kinesin phylogeny reveals new kinesin families and predicts protein functions

B Wickstead, K Gull - Molecular biology of the cell, 2006 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Kinesin superfamily proteins are ubiquitous to all eukaryotes and essential for several key
cellular processes. With the establishment of genome sequence data for a substantial …

[HTML][HTML] The developmental biology of kinesins

MJ Konjikusic, RS Gray, JB Wallingford - Developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Kinesins are microtubule-based motor proteins that are well known for their key roles in cell
biological processes ranging from cell division, to intracellular transport of mRNAs, proteins …

Localization of RNAs to the Mitochondrial Cloud in Xenopus Oocytes through Entrapment and Association with Endoplasmic Reticulum

P Chang, J Torres, RA Lewis, KL Mowry… - Molecular biology of …, 2004 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The germ cell lineage in Xenopus is specified by the inheritance of germ plasm, which
originates within a distinct “mitochondrial cloud”(MC) in previtellogenic oocytes. Germ plasm …