Movement of myosin-coated fluorescent beads on actin cables in vitro
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 303 (5912) , 31-35
- https://doi.org/10.1038/303031a0
Abstract
Myosin-coated fluorescent beads move unidirectionally along organized actin filament arrays in the alga, Nitella, with an average velocity similar to in vivo rates of movement in muscle and other cells. The myosin produces the motive force, as the movement is ATP-dependent and is blocked by inactivation of the myosin heads. The movement, which occurs in the absence of bipolar thick filaments, provides a quantitative assay for myosin motility.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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