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6190095

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5919
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
The rapid transport of optically detectable organelles in axons has been well documented, although its molecular mechanism remains unknown. Here we report that synthetic particles microinjected into the giant axons of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, are also transported, moving as though they were endogenous organelles. Polystyrene beads, polyacrolein beads, paraffin droplets and glass fragments, of sizes up to 0.5 micron in diameter, have been tested. Many of these foreign particles move rapidly and for long distances along the axon in the anterograde direction, travelling in a saltatory fashion, within a well defined velocity range. In many respects the movements are indistinguishable from those of anterogradely moving endogenous organelles seen by phase-contrast in these axons. Our results indicate that there is a transport system in axons capable of carrying almost any particle of suitable physical properties in an anterograde direction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
303
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
718-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid transport of foreign particles microinjected into crab axons.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't