Membrane motility mediated by unconventional myosin.
Largely on the basis of their physical properties and their localization to cell membranes, it has been proposed that the unconventional myosins are membrane motors. In the past year, a combination of immunological, biochemical and genetic approaches has begun to provide direct evidence that unconventional myosins have important roles in movements of the plasma membrane and cytoplasmic organelles.
Fath
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Burgess
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D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology; D008322:Mammals; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D009218:Myosins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009218:Myosins