Lysosome transport as a function of lysosome diameter.

Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles responsible for the transport and degradation of intracellular and extracellular cargo. The intracellular motion of lysosomes is both diffusive and active, mediated by motor proteins moving lysosomes along microtubules. We sought to determine how lysosome diam...

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Main Authors: Debjyoti Bandyopadhyay, Austin Cyphersmith, Jairo A Zapata, Y Joseph Kim, Christine K Payne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3908945?pdf=render