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SUBMITTER: Jaqaman K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3160624 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jaqaman Khuloud K Kuwata Hirotaka H Touret Nicolas N Collins Richard R Trimble William S WS Danuser Gaudenz G Grinstein Sergio S
Cell 20110801 4
The mechanisms that govern receptor coalescence into functional clusters--often a critical step in their stimulation by ligand--are poorly understood. We used single-molecule tracking to investigate the dynamics of CD36, a clustering-responsive receptor that mediates oxidized LDL uptake by macrophages. We found that CD36 motion in the membrane was spatially structured by the cortical cytoskeleton. A subpopulation of receptors diffused within linear confinement regions whose unique geometry simul ...[more]