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Myosins in cell junctions
The development of cell-cell junctions was a fundamental step in metazoan evolution, and human health depends on the formation and function of cell junctions. Although it has long been known that actin and conventional myosin have important roles in cell junctions, research has begun to reveal the s...
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Landes Bioscience
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696060/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22954512 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.21791 |
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author | Liu, Katy C. Cheney, Richard E. |
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description | The development of cell-cell junctions was a fundamental step in metazoan evolution, and human health depends on the formation and function of cell junctions. Although it has long been known that actin and conventional myosin have important roles in cell junctions, research has begun to reveal the specific functions of the different forms of conventional myosin. Exciting new data also reveals that a growing number of unconventional myosins have important roles in cell junctions. Experiments showing that cell junctions act as mechanosensors have also provided new impetus to understand the functions of myosins and the forces they exert. In this review we will summarize recent developments on the roles of myosins in cell junctions. |
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spelling | pubmed-36960602013-07-01 Myosins in cell junctions Liu, Katy C. Cheney, Richard E. Bioarchitecture Everything You Need To Know About... The development of cell-cell junctions was a fundamental step in metazoan evolution, and human health depends on the formation and function of cell junctions. Although it has long been known that actin and conventional myosin have important roles in cell junctions, research has begun to reveal the specific functions of the different forms of conventional myosin. Exciting new data also reveals that a growing number of unconventional myosins have important roles in cell junctions. Experiments showing that cell junctions act as mechanosensors have also provided new impetus to understand the functions of myosins and the forces they exert. In this review we will summarize recent developments on the roles of myosins in cell junctions. Landes Bioscience 2012-09-01 2012-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3696060/ /pubmed/22954512 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.21791 Text en Copyright © 2012 Landes Bioscience http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Everything You Need To Know About... Liu, Katy C. Cheney, Richard E. Myosins in cell junctions |
title | Myosins in cell junctions |
title_full | Myosins in cell junctions |
title_fullStr | Myosins in cell junctions |
title_full_unstemmed | Myosins in cell junctions |
title_short | Myosins in cell junctions |
title_sort | myosins in cell junctions |
topic | Everything You Need To Know About... |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696060/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22954512 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/bioa.21791 |
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