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Unconventional Myosins: Anchors in the Membrane Traffic Relay
Author(s) -
Tuxworth Richard I.,
Titus Margaret A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
traffic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.677
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1600-0854
pISSN - 1398-9219
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2000.010103.x
Subject(s) - biology , endocytosis , exocytosis , microbiology and biotechnology , myosin , endocytic cycle , function (biology) , intracellular , actin , membrane , cell , genetics
The family of unconventional myosins is ever growing and the functions attributed to them seem to expand in parallel. These actin‐based motor proteins have been implicated in processes as seemingly diverse as endocytosis and exocytosis, the transport of organelles, in spermatogenesis and in neurosensory functions such as hearing and sight. A common myosin function may underlie them all — the regulation of intracellular membrane traffic.