Cytokinesis: new roles for myosin.
Myosin II is the motor for cytokinesis, an event at the end of cell division during which the animal cell uses a contractile ring to pinch itself in half. New and surprising research shows that myosin, either through light chain phosphorylation or through its ATPase activity, also plays an important role in both the assembly and disassembly of the actin contractile ring.
Burgess
David R
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Boston College, Biology Department , MA 02467, USA. david.burgess@bc.edu
D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D048749:Cytokinesis / Q000502:physiology*; D024462:Myosin Type II / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology
D000199:Actins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D024462:Myosin Type II