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Cytoplasmic myosin has been isolated and characterized from numerous vertebrate nonmuscle cells, including platelets, fibroblasts, intestinal brush border and macrophages (for reviews see refs. 1 and 2). Similar to smooth muscle myosin, vertebrate cytoplasmic (also referred to as nonmuscle) myosin is composed of a pair of 200 kDa heavy chains and two pairs of light chains (20 kDa and 17 kDa).
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Adelstein, R.S. et al. (1989). In Situ Phosphorylation of Human Platelet and Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cell (RBL-2H3) Myosin Heavy Chain and Light Chain. In: Hidaka, H., Carafoli, E., Means, A.R., Tanaka, T. (eds) Calcium Protein Signaling. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 255. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5679-0_32
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