Premium
MYOSIN II REDISTRIBUTION DURING REAR RETRACTION AND THE ROLE OF FILAMENT ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY
Author(s) -
Koehl Gudrun,
Mcnally James G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1006/cbir.2001.0855
Subject(s) - myosin , protein filament , biophysics , myosin head , actin , myosin light chain kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , treadmilling , mutant , chemistry , microfilament , biology , biochemistry , cytoskeleton , cell , gene
The literature to date suggests a role for myosin II in rear retraction, including evidence that myosin undergoes a characteristic ‘C’‐to‐spot redistribution at the cell posterior which is associated with retraction. Here we investigate the mechanism of both retraction and the ‘C’‐to‐spot using