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Walking with myosin V.

Current opinion in cell biology ·Vol. 18 ·No. 1 ·2006-02-00 ·Pages 68-73

Sellers JR, Veigel C

Abstract

The cytoplasm of cells is teaming with vesicles and other cargo that are moving along tracks of microtubules or actin filaments, powered by myosins, kinesins and dyneins. Myosin V has been implicated in several types of intracellular transport. The mechanism by which myosin V moves processively along actin filaments has been the subject of many biophysical and biochemical studies and a consensus is starting to emerge about how this minute molecular motor operates.

MeSH Terms

Actin Cytoskeleton/chemistry Biological Transport, Active Models, Biological Molecular Motor Proteins Movement Myosin Type V/chemistry,metabolism Structure-Activity Relationship

Chemicals

Molecular Motor Proteins Myosin Type V

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Sellers James R

Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1762, USA. sellersj@nhlbi.nih.gov

Veigel Claudia

Article Info

Journal

Current opinion in cell biology

Abbr.

Curr Opin Cell Biol

ISSN

0955-0674

DOI

10.1016/j.ceb.2005.12.014

sellersj@nhlbi.nih.gov

Published

2006-02-00

Epub

2005-00-27

Pages

68-73

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

8913428

Subset

Grants

Medical Research Council · MC_U117570593 · United Kingdom

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.12.014 View journal details

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