1998
Vesicle-associated brain myosin-V can be activated to catalyze actin-based transport
Evans L, Lee A, Bridgman P, Mooseker M. Vesicle-associated brain myosin-V can be activated to catalyze actin-based transport. Journal Of Cell Science 1998, 111: 2055-2066. PMID: 9645952, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111.14.2055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyosin VVesicle proteinsTotal vesicle proteinSynaptic vesicle proteinsInitial fractionation stepSynaptic vesicle marker proteinActin transportBrain myosin-VOrganelle transportActin filament motilityOrganelle motorFunctional analysisVesicle fractionFunction-blocking antibodiesLocalization studiesMarker proteinsImmunoelectron microscopyMotility assaysMotor domainProteinVesiclesFilament motilityVesicle integrityActinVesicle surface
1995
Characterization of Myosin-IA and Myosin-IB, Two Unconventional Myosins Associated with theDrosophilaBrush Border Cytoskeleton
Morgan N, Heintzelman M, Mooseker M. Characterization of Myosin-IA and Myosin-IB, Two Unconventional Myosins Associated with theDrosophilaBrush Border Cytoskeleton. Developmental Biology 1995, 172: 51-71. PMID: 7589814, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.0005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCloning, MolecularCytoskeletonDrosophila melanogasterElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEmbryo, NonmammalianFemaleGene Expression RegulationImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryLarvaMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronMicrovilliMyosinsOogenesisOvumPupaRecombinant ProteinsConceptsMyosin IBAdult gutATP-dependent extractionMyosin IASomatic follicle cellsExogenous F-actinBrush border cytoskeletonNovel unconventional myosinDrosophila melanogasterMicrovillus assemblyEgg chambersApical domainMicrovillar componentsMicrovillar domainApical microvillar domainBasolateral domainExpression patternsUnconventional myosinF-actinSubcellular distributionFollicle cellsFunctional myosinDifferentiated enterocytesBiochemical propertiesBrush border