2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Regulation of ferritin oligomerization and transport in cytoplasm
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21570175
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 運動 / 輸送 |
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| Research Abstract |
Ferritin, an iron storage molecule in cytoplasm, has been shown to transport as oligomer on microtubule, but it has been still unclear motor molecules responsible for that movement. Thus we explored motor molecules binding to ferritin oligomer in cytoplasm prepared from mammalian culture cells. As a result, we found that kinesin, a motor molecule moving along microtubule, was bound to ferritin in cytoplasm.
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