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SUBMITTER: Seidel C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3697463 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seidel Constanze C Moreno-Velásquez Sergio David SD Riquelme Meritxell M Fischer Reinhard R
Eukaryotic cell 20130517 7
Biological motors are molecular nanomachines, which convert chemical energy into mechanical forces. The combination of mechanoenzymes with structural components, such as the cytoskeleton, enables eukaryotic cells to overcome entropy, generate molecular gradients, and establish polarity. Hyphae of filamentous fungi are among the most polarized cells, and polarity defects are most obvious. Here, we studied the role of the kinesin-3 motor, NKIN2, in Neurospora crassa. We found that NKIN2 localizes ...[more]