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Dissecting the Functions of Class XI Myosins in Moss and Arabidopsis

Author(s) -

Kathleen L. Farquharson,

Chris J. Staiger

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the plant cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324

H-Index - 341

eISSN - 1532-298X

pISSN - 1040-4651

DOI - 10.1105/tpc.110.220610

Subject(s) - biology , arabidopsis , myosin , molecular motor , moss , elongation , root hair , motor protein , arabidopsis thaliana , actin , intracellular transport , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , intracellular , genetics , gene , microtubule , mutant , materials science , ultimate tensile strength , metallurgy

Myosin XI strides along actin tracks at rates of up to 7 μm/s, making it the fastest known processive molecular motor ([Tominaga et al., 2003][1]). Class XI myosins are unique to plants and have been implicated in plant growth, intracellular transport, and root hair elongation ([Prokhnevsky et al

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