title: Unconventional myosins.
abstract: The unconventional myosins form a large and diverse group of molecular motors. The number of known unconventional myosins is increasing rapidly and in the past year alone two new classes have been identified. Substantial progress has been made towards characterizing the properties and functions of these motor proteins, which have been hypothesized to play fundamental roles in processes such as cell locomotion, phagocytosis and vesicle transport.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Cheney
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mooseker
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000502:physiology; D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D008871:Microvilli / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015879:Myosin Subfragments / Q000502:physiology; D009218:Myosins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002147:Calmodulin; D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D009218:Myosins