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Myosin 2 drives actin contractility in fast-crawling species outside of the amorphean lineage

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By Sarah L Guest, Katrina B. Velle, Samantha Jacques Verified, Yvette Park, Margaret A. Titus, Lillian Fritz-Laylin
| Cell Press Verified
Keywords myosin actin cell migration amoeba evolution cytoskeleton Introduction Species from across the eukaryotic tree use forces generated by actin polymer networks to drive a wide range of cell functions. Human leukocytes and Dictyostelium amoebae, for example, use actin networks to rapidly migrate while hunting bacterial prey.
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Myosin 2 drives actin contractility in fast-crawling species outside of the amorphean lineage

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By Sarah L Guest, Katrina B. Velle, Samantha Jacques Verified, Yvette Park
| biorxiv.org
Abstract Myosin 2-dependent actin contractility drives essential cell functions including fast crawling motility in animal cells, Dictyostelium amoebae, and other species from the Amorphea lineage. Whether and how species outside this single eukaryotic group can generate contractile actin networks has been largely unexplored.
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