title: Unconventional myosins: anchors in the membrane traffic relay.
abstract: The family of unconventional myosins is ever growing and the functions attributed to them seem to expand in parallel. These actin-based motor proteins have been implicated in processes as seemingly diverse as endocytosis and exocytosis, the transport of organelles, in spermatogenesis and in neurosensory functions such as hearing and sight. A common myosin function may underlie them all--the regulation of intracellular membrane traffic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Tuxworth
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Titus
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D022161:Transport Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D009218:Myosins