A new role for myosin II in vesicle fission.

An endocytic vesicle is formed from a flat plasma membrane patch by a sequential process of invagination, bud formation and fission. The scission step requires the formation of a tubular membrane neck (the fission pore) that connects the endocytic vesicle with the plasma membrane. Progress in vesicl...

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Main Authors: Juan A Flores, Santiago Balseiro-Gomez, Jose M Cabeza, Jorge Acosta, Pilar Ramirez-Ponce, Eva Ales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4069105?pdf=render