MyoV Stepping Across Actin (IMAGE)

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MyoV Stepping Across Actin

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A study in the Journal of General Physiology provides a 3-D picture of how class V myosins "walk" along their actin track. Lewis et al. calculate the movements of an individual myosin V stepping on actin.

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Lewis, J.H., et al. 2012. J. Gen. Physiol. doi:10.1085/jgp.201110715.

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