Three Myosins Contribute Uniquely to the Assembly and Constriction of the Fission Yeast Cytokinetic Contractile Ring
Laplante C, Berro J, Karatekin E, Hernandez-Leyva A, Lee R, Pollard TD. Three Myosins Contribute Uniquely to the Assembly and Constriction of the Fission Yeast Cytokinetic Contractile Ring. Current Biology 2015, 25: 1955-1965. PMID: 26144970, PMCID: PMC4526439, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContractile ringActin filamentsHeavy chain geneMyosin IIContractile ring assemblyFission yeast cellsMyosin heavy chain geneCytokinetic contractile ringConventional myosin IICytokinetic nodesMyo2Myo51Myp2Ring assemblyYeast cellsMyosin functionCytokinesisDeletion mutationsComplete assemblyMyosin VConstriction rateGenesMutationsCellsFilaments