Location of the head-tail junction of myosin.
Rimm DL, Sinard JH, Pollard TD. Location of the head-tail junction of myosin. Journal Of Cell Biology 1989, 108: 1783-1789. PMID: 2715178, PMCID: PMC2115540, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.108.5.1783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyosin IIHeptad repeatAcanthamoeba myosin IIHead-tail junctionCoiled-coil structureHydrophobic amino acidsNative myosin IIIdentical polypeptidesNH2 terminusMyosin-II tailNonmuscle myosinProteolytic separationLines of evidenceShort tailAmino acidsPosition 847RepeatsMyosinResiduesTailMyosin moleculesHeptadTerminusMonoclonal antibodiesPolypeptideMicroinjection into Acanthamoeba castellanii of monoclonal antibodies to myosin‐II slows but does not stop cell locomotion
Sinard J, Pollard T. Microinjection into Acanthamoeba castellanii of monoclonal antibodies to myosin‐II slows but does not stop cell locomotion. Cytoskeleton 1989, 12: 42-52. PMID: 2523248, DOI: 10.1002/cm.970120106.Peer-Reviewed Original Research