Gene Review:
myo2 - myosin II heavy chain
Schizosaccharomyces pombe 972h-
- Type II myosin heavy chain encoded by the myo2 gene composes the contractile ring during cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Kitayama, C., Sugimoto, A., Yamamoto, M. J. Cell Biol. (1997)
- Alternative excision repair pathway of UV-damaged DNA in Schizosaccharomyces pombe operates both in nucleus and in mitochondria. Yasuhira, S., Yasui, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2000)
- Transcription dependence and the roles of two excision repair pathways for UV damage in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Yasuhira, S., Morimyo, M., Yasui, A. J. Biol. Chem. (1999)
- Role of the two type II myosins, Myo2 and Myp2, in cytokinetic actomyosin ring formation and function in fission yeast. Mulvihill, D.P., Hyams, J.S. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton (2003)
- The S. pombe rlc1 gene encodes a putative myosin regulatory light chain that binds the type II myosins myo3p and myo2p. Le Goff, X., Motegi, F., Salimova, E., Mabuchi, I., Simanis, V. J. Cell. Sci. (2000)