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Myosin I: From yeast to human

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Myosin I is a non-filamentous, single-headed, actin-binding motor protein and is present in a wide range of species from yeast to man. The role of these class I myosins have been studied extensively in simple eukaryotes, showing their role in diverse processes such as actin cytoskeleton organization, cell motility, and endocytosis. Recently, studies in metazoans have begun to reveal more specialized functions of myosin I. It will be a major challenge in the future to examine the physiological functions of each class I myosin in different cell types of metazoans.

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  1. S. V. Kim

    Present address: The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA

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  1. Department of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    S. V. Kim & R. A. Flavell

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Received 20 September 2007; received after revision 12 February 2008; accepted 22 February 2008

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Kim, S.V., Flavell, R.A. Myosin I: From yeast to human. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 65, 2128–2137 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-008-7435-5

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