Myosin IIC: A Third Molecular Motor Driving Neuronal Dynamics
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Myosin IIC: a third molecular motor driving neuronal dynamics.
Neuronal dynamics result from the integration of forces developed by molecular motors, especially conventional myosins. Myosin IIC is a recently discovered nonsarcomeric conventional myosin motor, the function of which is poorly understood, particularly in relation to the separate but coupled activities of its close homologues, myosins IIA and IIB, which participate in neuronal adhesion, outgro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology of the Cell
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1059-1524,1939-4586
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-08-0744