Gene Review:
zip - zipper
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG15792, DROMHC, Dm nmII, Dmel\CG15792, DmnmII, ...
- Protein kinase C phosphorylates nonmuscle myosin-II heavy chain from Drosophila but regulation of myosin function by this enzyme is not required for viability in flies. Su, Z., Kiehart, D.P. Biochemistry (2001)
- Planar polarization of the denticle field in the Drosophila embryo: Roles for Myosin II (Zipper) and Fringe. Walters, J.W., Dilks, S.A., Dinardo, S. Dev. Biol. (2006)
- Distinct roles of the Drosophila ninaC kinase and myosin domains revealed by systematic mutagenesis. Porter, J.A., Montell, C. J. Cell Biol. (1993)
- Induced paternal effects mimic cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila. Clark, M.E., Heath, B.D., Anderson, C.L., Karr, T.L. Genetics (2006)
- Class VI unconventional myosin is required for spermatogenesis in Drosophila. Hicks, J.L., Deng, W.M., Rogat, A.D., Miller, K.G., Bownes, M. Mol. Biol. Cell (1999)
- Modes of protein movement that lead to the asymmetric localization of partner of Numb during Drosophila neuroblast division. Lu, B., Ackerman, L., Jan, L.Y., Jan, Y.N. Mol. Cell (1999)
- Myosin II-dependent cortical movement is required for centrosome separation and positioning during mitotic spindle assembly. Rosenblatt, J., Cramer, L.P., Baum, B., McGee, K.M. Cell (2004)
- Drosophila Rho-associated kinase (Drok) links Frizzled-mediated planar cell polarity signaling to the actin cytoskeleton. Winter, C.G., Wang, B., Ballew, A., Royou, A., Karess, R., Axelrod, J.D., Luo, L. Cell (2001)
- slow border cells, a locus required for a developmentally regulated cell migration during oogenesis, encodes Drosophila C/EBP. Montell, D.J., Rorth, P., Spradling, A.C. Cell (1992)
- ribbon, raw, and zipper have distinct functions in reshaping the Drosophila cytoskeleton. Blake, K.J., Myette, G., Jack, J. Dev. Genes Evol. (1999)
- Type II myosin regulatory light chain relieves auto-inhibition of myosin-heavy-chain function. Naqvi, N.I., Wong, K.C., Tang, X., Balasubramanian, M.K. Nat. Cell Biol. (2000)
- Myosin light chain-activating phosphorylation sites are required for oogenesis in Drosophila. Jordan, P., Karess, R. J. Cell Biol. (1997)
- The Drosophila lethal(2)giant larvae tumor suppressor protein forms homo-oligomers and is associated with nonmuscle myosin II heavy chain. Strand, D., Jakobs, R., Merdes, G., Neumann, B., Kalmes, A., Heid, H.W., Husmann, I., Mechler, B.M. J. Cell Biol. (1994)
- Drosophila nonmuscle myosin II has multiple essential roles in imaginal disc and egg chamber morphogenesis. Edwards, K.A., Kiehart, D.P. Development (1996)
- Cortical recruitment of nonmuscle myosin II in early syncytial Drosophila embryos: its role in nuclear axial expansion and its regulation by Cdc2 activity. Royou, A., Sullivan, W., Karess, R. J. Cell Biol. (2002)
- zipper Nonmuscle myosin-II functions downstream of PS2 integrin in Drosophila myogenesis and is necessary for myofibril formation. Bloor, J.W., Kiehart, D.P. Dev. Biol. (2001)
- Myosin III illuminates the mechanism of arrestin translocation. Strissel, K.J., Arshavsky, V.Y. Neuron (2004)
- Phosphorylation of the myosin-II light chain does not regulate the timing of cytokinesis in fission yeast. McCollum, D., Feoktistova, A., Gould, K.L. J. Biol. Chem. (1999)
- Distribution of nonmuscle myosin-II in honeybee photoreceptors and its possible role in maintaining compound eye architecture. Baumann, O. J. Comp. Neurol. (2001)
- Myogenic differentiation of Drosophila Schneider cells by DNA double-strand break-inducing drugs. Hossain, M.S., Akimitsu, N., Kurokawa, K., Sekimizu, K. Differentiation (2003)
- Anillin binds nonmuscle myosin II and regulates the contractile ring. Straight, A.F., Field, C.M., Mitchison, T.J. Mol. Biol. Cell (2005)
- Drosophila myosin phosphatase and its role in dorsal closure. Mizuno, T., Tsutsui, K., Nishida, Y. Development (2002)
- Localization of a myosin heavy chain-like polypeptide to Drosophila nuclear pore complexes. Berrios, M., Fisher, P.A., Matz, E.C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1991)
- Cap 'n' collar B cooperates with a small Maf subunit to specify pharyngeal development and suppress deformed homeotic function in the Drosophila head. Veraksa, A., McGinnis, N., Li, X., Mohler, J., McGinnis, W. Development (2000)
- A Rho GTPase signaling pathway is used reiteratively in epithelial folding and potentially selects the outcome of Rho activation. Nikolaidou, K.K., Barrett, K. Curr. Biol. (2004)
- Genetic analysis demonstrates a direct link between rho signaling and nonmuscle myosin function during Drosophila morphogenesis. Halsell, S.R., Chu, B.I., Kiehart, D.P. Genetics (2000)
- Identification of the gene for fly non-muscle myosin heavy chain: Drosophila myosin heavy chains are encoded by a gene family. Kiehart, D.P., Lutz, M.S., Chan, D., Ketchum, A.S., Laymon, R.A., Nguyen, B., Goldstein, L.S. EMBO J. (1989)
- Molecular organization and alternative splicing in zipper, the gene that encodes the Drosophila non-muscle myosin II heavy chain. Mansfield, S.G., al-Shirawi, D.Y., Ketchum, A.S., Newbern, E.C., Kiehart, D.P. J. Mol. Biol. (1996)