1996
Human myosin-IXb, an unconventional myosin with a chimerin-like rho/rac GTPase-activating protein domain in its tail
Wirth J, Jensen K, Post P, Bement W, Mooseker M. Human myosin-IXb, an unconventional myosin with a chimerin-like rho/rac GTPase-activating protein domain in its tail. Journal Of Cell Science 1996, 109: 653-661. PMID: 8907710, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109.3.653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein domainsHL-60 cellsRho/Rac familyNovel N-terminal domainGTPase-activating protein (GAP) domainUnconventional myosin heavy chainRas-like G proteinsPrimary structurePutative actin-binding siteAmino acidsFull-length primary structureSkeletal muscle myosin IIN-terminal domainAmino acid extensionActin-binding siteProtein kinase CNorthern blot analysisMuscle myosin IIRac familyDifferent human tissuesUndifferentiated HL-60 cellsRegulatory domainPutative zincRac GTPaseCell periphery
1995
The mouse Snell's waltzer deafness gene encodes an unconventional myosin required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells
Avraham K, Hasson T, Steel K, Kingsley D, Russell L, Mooseker M, Copeland N, Jenkins N. The mouse Snell's waltzer deafness gene encodes an unconventional myosin required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells. Nature Genetics 1995, 11: 369-375. PMID: 7493015, DOI: 10.1038/ng1295-369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChromosome InversionCloning, MolecularDeafnessDNA Mutational AnalysisGenes, RecessiveHair Cells, Auditory, InnerHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMolecular Sequence DataMyosin Heavy ChainsOrgan of CortiRestriction MappingRNA, MessengerSequence DeletionConceptsMyosin VIUnconventional myosin heavy chainPositional cloning approachInner ear hair cellsHuman deafness disordersExcellent model systemEar hair cellsSensory hair cellsHair cellsDeafness disordersCloning approachUnconventional myosinDeafness mutationsDeafness mutantsDeafness genesMyosin heavy chainGenesGenetic deafnessModel systemHeavy chainStructural integrityWaltzerInner earCellsMutants