Diffusion of a soluble protein through a sensory cilium
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 11:57
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers led by Peter Calvert (SUNY Upstate Medical University) has, for the first time, measured the diffusion coefficient of a protein in a primary cilium and in other major compartments of a highly polarized cell. The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of General Physiology.
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