Intracellular Motility: Myosin and Tropomyosin in Actin Cable Flow.
From: Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. drkovar@uchicago.edu
Current biology : CB
- Publish Date: Apr 2007
- ISSN: 0960-9822
- Volume: 17
- Issue: 7
- Pages: R244-7
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kovar David R, et al. Intracellular Motility: Myosin and Tropomyosin in Actin Cable Flow.. Curr. Biol. Apr 2007;17:R244-7
Abstract
A new study has found that retrograde flow of budding yeast actin cables is facilitated by myosin II but is inhibited by a specific tropomyosin isoform (Tpm2p). Budding yeast therefore contains a minimal component system for elucidating the mechanistic details of retrograde actin flow.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Actins, Animals, Movement, Myosin Type II, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tropomyosin
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