Autonomous formation of actin chiral rings through the collective motion by myosin CcXI (IMAGE)

Chiba University

Autonomous formation of actin chiral rings through the collective motion by myosin CcXI

Caption

Chara corallina myosin XI (CcXI) drives the movement of actin filaments, which spontaneously form ring-like structures due to a slight curvature that leads to polar alignment.

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Professor Kohji Ito and Dr. Takeshi Haraguchi from Chiba University, Japan | ​​​​​​​Source link: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508686123

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