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(NAS Colloquium) Molecular Kinesis in Cellular Function and Plasticity

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Size: 116 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2002

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Front Matter i-iv  
Introduction: Molecular kinesis in cellular function and plasticity 1-2 (skim)
Kinesin molecular motors: Transport pathways, receptors, and human disease 3-7 (skim)
All kinesin superfamily protein, KIF, genes in mouse and human 8-15 (skim)
Assembly and transport of a premessenger RNP particle 16-21 (skim)
Ribonucleoprotein infrastructure regulating the flow of genetic information between the genome and the proteome 22-28 (skim)
Spatial and temporal control of RNA stability 29-32 (skim)
Molecular mechanisms of translation initiation in eukaryotes 33-40 (skim)
The target of rapamycin (TOR) proteins 41-48 (skim)
The physiological significiance of ß-actin mRNA localization in determining cell polarity and directional motility 49-54 (skim)
Sorting and directed transport of membrane proteins during development of hippocampal neurons in culture 55-61 (skim)
Molecular organization of the postsynaptic specialization 62-65 (skim)
A cellular mechanism for targeting newly synthesized mRNAs to synaptic sites on dendrites 66-72 (skim)
Think globally, translate locally: What mitotic spindles and neuronal synapses have in common 73-75 (skim)
Vasopressin mRNA localization in nerve cells: Characterization of cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors 76-83 (skim)
Local translation of classes of mRNAs that are targeted to neuronal dendrites 84-89 (skim)
Cytoskeletal microdifferentiation: A mechanism for organizing morphological plasticity in dendrites 90-96 (skim)
Tracking the estrogen receptor in neurons: Implications for estrogen-induced synapse formation 97-104 (skim)
Synaptic regulation of protein syntesis and the fragile X protein 105-110 (skim)
Proceedings program 111-112 (skim)

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