title: Cytokinesis: new roles for myosin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Boston College, Biology Department , MA 02467, USA. david.burgess@bc.edu
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Burgess
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D024462:Myosin Type II