Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-450

  Salles, Felipe T ^a   Merritt, Raymond C ^a,b   Manor, Uri ^a   Dougherty, Gerard W ^a,e   Sousa, Aurea D ^a   Moore, Judy E ^c   Yengo, Christopher M ^c   Dosé, Andréa C ^d   Kachar, Bechara ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Cell Biology and Oncology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESPIN 1; F ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN III; MYOSIN IIIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEREOCILIUM;

ANIMALS; ANKYRIN REPEAT; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CILIA; COS CELLS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MYOSIN TYPE III; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOPODIA; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 64049087801     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1851     Document Type: Article

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