Identification and characterization of an unusual class I myosin involved in vesicle traffic in Trypanosoma brucei.

Myosins are a multimember family of motor proteins with diverse functions in eukaryotic cells. African trypanosomes possess only two candidate myosins and thus represent a useful system for functional analysis of these motors. One of these candidates is an unusual class I myosin (TbMyo1) that is exp...

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Main Authors: Diana Spitznagel, John F O'Rourke, Neal Leddy, Orla Hanrahan, Derek P Nolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2924389?pdf=render