Scientists have discovered that a protein once thought to be just a cellular "courier" actually helps plants survive drought. This motor protein, myosin XI, plays a critical role in helping leaves ...

This study explores the use of polarized second-harmonic generation (pSHG) to investigate myosin conformation in the relaxed state, differentiating between the actin-available, disordered (ON) state ...

With climate change exacerbating drought conditions, scientists in Japan have identified a hidden player in plant survival: ...

While their functions are diverse, myosins are similar in structure. NMII is so much like cardiac myosin, which keeps the ...

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

Major contractile proteins were purified from relaxed actomyosin extracted from molluscan catch muscle myofibrils using ammonium sulfate fractionation and divalent cation precipitation. A fraction of ...

Myosin II, like many molecular motors, is a two-headed dimer held together by a coiled-coil rod. The stability of the (S2) rod has implications for head−head interactions, force generation, and ...

Motile cells can use and switch between different modes of migration. Here, we use traction force microscopy and fluorescent labeling of actin and myosin to quantify and correlate traction force ...

Several histopathological (neuropathic and myopathic) phenotypes have been described but only a single adult with jejunal smooth (circular) muscle α-actin deficiency. We present a prospective ...