The structure and function of unconventional myosins: a review

Three-dimensional structure of myosin subfragment-1: a molecular motor

1993 • 2,027 citations

Disruption of the Dictyostelium Myosin Heavy Chain Gene by Homologous Recombination

1987 • 984 citations

Novel myosin heavy chain encoded by murine dilute coat colour locus

1991 • 534 citations

Acanthamoeba Myosin

1973 • 513 citations

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae MYO2 gene encodes an essential myosin for vectorial transport of vesicles.

1991 • 471 citations

Hypervariable C-termmal domain of rab proteins acts as a targeting signal

1991 • 394 citations

Unconventional myosins

1992 • 374 citations

Actin-dependent organelle movement in squid axoplasm

1992 • 370 citations

Primary structure and cellular localization of chicken brain myosin-V (p190), an unconventional myosin with calmodulin light chains.

1992 • 345 citations

Myosin I is located at the leading edges of locomoting Dictyostelium amoebae

1989 • 323 citations

The Drosophila ninaC locus encodes two photoreceptor cell specific proteins with domains homologous to protein kinases and the myosin heavy chain head

1988 • 306 citations

Identification and organization of the components in the isolated microvillus cytoskeleton.

1979 • 303 citations

Phylogenetic analysis of the myosin superfamily

1993 • 258 citations

MYOSIN-I

1991 • 252 citations

Organization of the actin filament cytoskeleton in the intestinal brush border: a quantitative and qualitative immunoelectron microscope study.

1988 • 246 citations

The mechanism of cytoplasmic streaming in characean algal cells: sliding of endoplasmic reticulum along actin filaments.

1988 • 213 citations

Suppression of a myosin defect by a kinesin-related gene

1992 • 210 citations

Golgi-derived vesicles from developing epithelial cells bind actin filaments and possess myosin-I as a cytoplasmically oriented peripheral membrane protein.

1993 • 192 citations

Suppression of kinesin expression in cultured hippocampal neurons using antisense oligonucleotides.

1992 • 188 citations

Calmodulin dissociation regulates brush border myosin I (110-kD-calmodulin) mechanochemical activity in vitro.

1990 • 184 citations

Tissue distribution and subcellular localization of mammalian myosin I.

1992 • 175 citations

Molecular evolution of the myosin family: relationships derived from comparisons of amino acid sequences.

1993 • 164 citations

Binding of brush border myosin I to phospholipid vesicles.

1990 • 160 citations

The unconventional myosin encoded by the myoA gene plays a role in Dictyostelium motility.

1993 • 148 citations

Relative distribution of actin, myosin I, and myosin II during the wound healing response of fibroblasts.

1993 • 146 citations

An unconventional myosin heavy chain gene from Drosophila melanogaster.

1992 • 143 citations

Myosin IB null mutants of Dictyostelium exhibit abnormalities in motility

1991 • 143 citations

Differential localizations of and requirements for the two Drosophila ninaC kinase/myosins in photoreceptor cells.

1992 • 142 citations

Generation and characterization of Dictyostelium cells deficient in a myosin I heavy chain isoform.

1990 • 137 citations

The heavy chain of Acanthamoeba myosin IB is a fusion of myosin-like and non-myosin-like sequences.

1987 • 125 citations

Distinct roles of the Drosophila ninaC kinase and myosin domains revealed by systematic mutagenesis

1993 • 123 citations

Inhibition of contractile vacuole function in vivo by antibodies against myosin-I

1993 • 120 citations

Biochemical and immunological characterization of p190-calmodulin complex from vertebrate brain: a novel calmodulin-binding myosin.

1992 • 112 citations

A Myosin-like Protein from a Higher Plant

1993 • 111 citations

Differential localization of Acanthamoeba myosin I isoforms.

1992 • 110 citations

Multiple actin-based motor genes in Dictyostelium.

1989 • 110 citations

Identification, characterization and cloning of myr 1, a mammalian myosin-I.

1993 • 107 citations

Identification of a new type of mammalian myosin heavy chain by molecular cloning. Overlap of its mRNA with preprotachykinin B mRNA.

1987 • 104 citations

Acanthamoeba myosin II.

1977 • 102 citations

Myosins

1993 • 95 citations

Dictyostelium discoideum contains a gene encoding a myosin I heavy chain.

1989 • 93 citations

Purification and characterization of a mammalian myosin I.

1992 • 89 citations

Partial deduced sequence of the 110-kD-calmodulin complex of the avian intestinal microvillus shows that this mechanoenzyme is a member of the myosin I family.

1989 • 89 citations

Calcium-calmodulin and regulation of brush border myosin-I MgATPase and mechanochemistry

1993 • 86 citations

Localization of myosin IC and myosin II in Acanthamoeba castellanii by indirect immunofluorescence and immunogold electron microscopy.

1990 • 86 citations

The localization and sequence of the phosphorylation sites of Acanthamoeba myosins I

1989 • 85 citations

Mechanisms of amoeboid chemotaxis: An evaluation of the cortical expansion model

1990 • 82 citations

Sequence, expression pattern, intracellular localization, and targeted disruption of the Dictyostelium myosin ID heavy chain isoform

1993 • 81 citations

Genetic Approaches to Molecular Motors

1992 • 80 citations

Mammalian myosin I alpha, I beta, and I gamma: new widely expressed genes of the myosin I family.

1993 • 73 citations

Novel myosins

1991 • 69 citations

Purification and characterization of a myosin I heavy chain kinase from Acanthamoeba castellanii.

1983 • 67 citations

Myosin I

1990 • 67 citations

Myosin I heavy-chain genes of Acanthamoeba castellanii: cloning of a second gene and evidence for the existence of a third isoform

1989 • 62 citations

The localization of myosin I and myosin II in Acanthamoeba by fluorescence microscopy

1992 • 60 citations

Immunolocalization of the 110,000 molecular weight cytoskeletal protein of intestinal microvilli

1981 • 58 citations

Molecular analysis of two mouse dilute locus deletion mutations: spontaneous dilute lethal20J and radiation-induced dilute prenatal lethal Aa2 alleles.

1990 • 55 citations

Phosphorylation of brush border myosin I by protein kinase C is regulated by Ca(2+)-stimulated binding of myosin I to phosphatidylserine concerted with calmodulin dissociation.

1992 • 54 citations

Calmodulin‐Binding Proteins and Calcium/Calmodulin Regulated Enzyme Activities Associated with Brain Actomyosin

1990 • 54 citations

Acanthamoeba myosin I heavy chain kinase is activated by phosphatidylserine-enhanced phosphorylation.

1990 • 53 citations

Regulation of cell shape in the Cloudman melanoma cell line.

1987 • 50 citations

A second isoform of chicken brush border myosin I contains a 29‐residue inserted sequence that binds calmodulin

1990 • 49 citations

A new Acanthamoeba myosin heavy chain. Cloning of the gene and immunological identification of the polypeptide

1990 • 48 citations

Reconstitution of cytoplasmic streaming inCharaceae

1982 • 46 citations

Chapter 3 Structural and Functional Dissection of a Membrane-Bound Mechanoenzyme: Brush Border Myosin I

1991 • 39 citations

Myosin‐I in mammalian liver

1993 • 38 citations

Structure‐function studies on Acanthamoeba myosins IA, IB, and II

1988 • 37 citations

Distribution of the myosin i-like ninaC proteins in the Drosophila retina and ultrastructural analysis of mutant phenotypes

1992 • 37 citations

Identification of the microvillar 110-kDa calmodulin complex (myosin-1) in kidney.

1991 • 35 citations

The Dictyostelium myosin IE heavy chain gene encodes a truncated isoform that lacks sequences corresponding to the actin binding site in the tail

1993 • 32 citations

Dilute and Leaden, the p-Locus, Ruby-Eye, and Ruby-Eye-2

1979 • 29 citations

cDNA encoding the chicken ortholog of the mouse dilute gene product Sequence comparison reveals a myosin I subfamily with conserved C‐terminal domains

1992 • 23 citations

Inhibition of Acanthamoeba myosin I heavy chain kinase by Ca(2+)-calmodulin.

1992 • 22 citations

Identification of the microvillar 110-kDa calmodulin complex (myosin-1) in kidney.

1991 • 21 citations

Molecular Analysis of Two Mouse Dilute Locus Deletion Mutations: Spontaneous Dilute Lethal^20J and Radiation-Induced Dilute Prenatal Lethal Aa2 Alleles

1990 • 18 citations

Structural Organization and Expression of the Gene for Bovine Myosin I Heavy Chain1

1992 • 10 citations

Molecular cloning of a mouse myosin I expressed in brain

1993 • 9 citations

A myosin-like protein from smooth muscle

1991 • 4 citations