Samara Reck-Peterson: dynein defies expectations. Interview by Caitlin Sedwick

Samara Reck-Peterson. J Cell Biol. 2013.

. 2013 Jan 21;200(2):128-9.

doi: 10.1083/jcb.2002pi.

Abstract

Reck-Peterson studies the mechanism and regulation of dynein’s motor activity.

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