Myosin I and actin dynamics: the frogs weigh in.
In this issue of Developmental Cell, Sokac et al. (2006) describe an intriguing new role for an actin-based motor protein in restraining actin polymerization during endocytosis in Xenopus oocytes.
Titus
Margaret A
MA
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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