In JST Strategic Basic Research Programs, a group of Zhongrui Duan (Researcher, Waseda University) and Motoki Tominaga (Associate professor, Waseda University) et al. succeeded in promoting plant ...

How do neurons transport proteins? A new study reveals that Kinesin-2 motor subtypes regulate cargo specificity.

Myosin XI helps plants absorb boron by maintaining endocytosis and the NIP5 protein. Credit: Professor Motoki Tominaga from Waseda University, Japan Boron, though required only in minimal amounts, is ...

A study by University of Manchester scientists using fruit flies as model has identified a mechanism which can explain aspects of neurodegeneration which have baffled scientists for decades.

Intracellular transport is a vital process that allows cells to move proteins and other molecules to specific locations. This process is especially ...

Precise intracellular transport is essential for neuronal function, yet the exact mechanism of selective cargo delivery by ...

In a surprise finding, a well-known actin motor protein is found to play an important role in the branching of neurons ...