Disruption of Four Kinesin Genes in <it>Dictyostelium</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Kinesin and dynein are the two families of microtubule-based motors that drive much of the intracellular movements in eukaryotic cells. Using a gene knockout strategy, we address here the individual function(s) of four of the 13 kine...

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Main Authors: Soga Ikko, Tikhonenko Irina, Nag Dilip K, Koonce Michael P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:BMC Cell Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2121/9/21