Article
The myosin I SH3 domain and TEDS rule phosphorylation site are required for in vivo function.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jan 1998
Novak K D, Titus M A
Abstract excerpt
The class I myosins play important roles in controlling many different types of actin-based cell movements. Dictyostelium cells either lacking or overexpressing amoeboid myosin Is have significant defects in cortical activities such as pseudopod extension, cell migration, and macropinocytosis. The existence of Dictyostelium null mutants with strong phenotypic defects permits complementation analysis as a means of...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cell Division
- Chemotaxis
- Cytoplasmic Streaming
- Dictyostelium
- Fungal Proteins
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Myosin Heavy Chains
- Myosin Type I
- Myosins
