What can myosin VI do in cells?

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-66

  Sweeney, H Lee ^a   Houdusse, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MYOSIN IV; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL TRANSPORT; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCYTOSIS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE V; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 33846332811     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.12.005     Document Type: Review

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