The diversity of molecular motors: an overview.
Rapid progress has recently been made in the identification and characterization of a large number of kinesin and myosin motor proteins. Recent work has uncovered roles for these motors in processes such as vesicle trafficking, cytoskeletal organization, and chromosome movements, to name a few. A series of reviews describing some of the significant advances in our understanding of the structure and function of myosins and kinesins is presented.
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Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA. titus@lenti.med.umn.edu
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D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004398:Dyneins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding
D000199:Actins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D009218:Myosins; D004398:Dyneins; D016547:Kinesins