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SUBMITTER: Yang F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3584343 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Fang F Wei Qize Q Adelstein Robert S RS Wang P Jeremy PJ
Developmental biology 20120720 2
Cytokinesis, the final stage of cell division, bisects the cytoplasm into two daughter cells. In mitotic cells, this process depends on the activity of non-muscle myosin II (NMII), a family of actin-binding motor-proteins that participate in the formation of the cleavage furrow. The relevance of NMII for meiotic cell division, however, is poorly understood. The NMII family consists of three members, NMIIA, NMIIB, and NMIIC, containing different myosin heavy chains (MYH9, MYH10, and MYH14, respec ...[more]