Journal
ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
Volume 510, Issue 2, Pages 76-82Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.03.002
Keywords
Myosin II; Kinases; Phosphatase; Mitosis; Cytokinesis
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- NIH [RO1CA42742]
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At mitosis, cells undergo drastic alterations in morphology and cytoskeletal organization including cell rounding during prophase, mitotic spindle assembly during prometaphase and metaphase, chromatid segregation in anaphase, and cytokinesis during telophase. It is well established that myosin II is a motor responsible for cytokinesis. Recent reports have indicated that myosin II is also involved in spindle assembly and karyokinesis. In this review, we summarize current understanding of the functions of myosin II in mitosis and cytokinesis of higher eukaryotes, and discuss the roles of possible upstream molecules that control myosin II in these mitotic events. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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