Myosin VI and its cargo adaptors – linking endocytosis and autophagy
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Myosin VI and its cargo adaptors - linking endocytosis and autophagy.
The coordinated trafficking and tethering of membrane cargo within cells relies on the function of distinct cytoskeletal motors that are targeted to specific subcellular compartments through interactions with protein adaptors and phospholipids. The unique actin motor myosin VI functions at distinct steps during clathrin-mediated endocytosis and the early endocytic pathway - both of which are in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1477-9137,0021-9533
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.095554