Overview
- Authors:
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Lynne M. Coluccio
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Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, USA
- Chapters are written by experts in the field
- Represents a compilation of information regarding many different myosins
- Comprehensive nature of chapters with introductory chapters that deal with all myosin classes and other chapters that focus on one class
- Timely and up-to-date
- Fully referenced; moreover, index allows easy use as reference book
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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- Mark S. Mooseker, Bernardo J. Foth
Pages 1-34
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- Mohammed El-Mezgueldi, Clive R. Bagshaw
Pages 55-93
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- Carlo Reggiani, Roberto Bottinelli
Pages 125-169
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- Christine R. Cremo, David J. Hartshorne
Pages 171-222
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- Mary Anne Conti, Sachiyo Kawamoto, Robert S. Adelstein
Pages 223-264
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- ANDRÉA DOSÉ, Jennifer Lin-Jones, Beth Burnside
Pages 265-287
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- James R. Sellers, Lois S. Weisman
Pages 289-323
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- Folma Buss, John Kendrick-Jones
Pages 325-352
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- Aziz El-Amraoui, Amel Bahloul, Christine Petit
Pages 353-373
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- Melinda M. Divito, Richard E. Cheney
Pages 403-419
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- Karine FrÉnal, Bernardo J. Foth, Dominique Soldati
Pages 421-440
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- Erich T. Boger, Gregory I. Frolenkov, Thomas B. Friedman, Inna A. Belyantseva
Pages 441-467
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Back Matter
Pages 469-475
About this book
Few would have predicted 20 years ago that myosins constitute a superfamily with at least two-dozen classes and that these molecular motors are involved in a multitude of intracellular activities including cell division, cell movement, intracellular transport and signal transduction. Application of state-of-the-art cellular and molecular biological, structural biological, genetic, biochemical and biophysical techniques has provided and continues to provide critical information regarding the structure–function relationship; and the cellular roles of various myosins in organisms as diverse as protozoa, yeast, plants and higher animals. The association of myosins with diseases including neurological disorders, immu- deficiencies, cardiomyopathies, hearing and vision loss testify to the importance of understanding the biochemical properties and cellular roles of myosins. The 16 chapters in this volume summarize the tremendous progress made in studying members of the myosin superfamily in recent years and offer critical insight into what future research will yield. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the authors of this volume. It was a pleasure to work with each of you and I thank you for the considerable efforts in making this international endeavor possible. I also thank John Trinick from the University of Leeds, UK, for the elegant montage of images of single molecules of myosins on the cover, which beautifully shows the structures of some of these amazing molecules. The able assistance of Marlies Vlot from Springer and Indumadhi Srinivasan from Integra Software Services for production of the book is greatly appreciated.
Authors and Affiliations
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Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, USA
Lynne M. Coluccio
