Speed and Distances mRNAs Travel On (VIDEO)

Center for Genomic Regulation

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mRNAs travel across relatively vast distances. Here they make their way across a network of microtubule roads 40 micrometers long. A typical neuron is ten times this length. Automated tracking of transported RNAs (lower panel) reveals the transport velocity and number of mRNAs transported in the same package.

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S Maurer and S Baumann

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