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Based on published experimental evidence, this paper develops a model for the transport of a pulse of radiolabeled organelles in a unipolar Drosophila motor neuron. In particular, since published data indicate that no microtubules (MTs) travel from the primary neurite into the dendrite, it is investigated how organelles are transported into the dendrite. Analytical solutions describing concentrations of kinesin- and dynein-driven organelles in the primary neurite, axon, and dendrite are obtained. The effects of increasing the width of the pulse and increasing the rate of organelle transition rate from the kinesin-driven to the dynein-driven state are investigated.
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Kuznetsov, A.V. Modeling transport of a pulse of radiolabeled organelles in a Drosophila unipolar motor neuron. J Biol Phys 39, 145–158 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10867-012-9292-6
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