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Plant Myosins VIII, XI, And XIII

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Myosins

Part of the book series: Proteins and Cell Regulation ((PROR,volume 7))

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There are three classes of myosins in plants: myosins VIII, XI, and XIII. Myosins VIII and XI are widely distributed and found not only in higher plants, but also in Chlamydomonas, while myosin XIII is found only in Acetabularia. Biochemical studies have been done mainly on myosin XI, which is the most abundantly expressed myosin in plants.

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Yamamoto, K. (2008). Plant Myosins VIII, XI, And XIII. In: Myosins. Proteins and Cell Regulation, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6519-4_12

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