General theory for the mechanics of confined microtubule asters by Rui Ma, Liedewij Laan, Marileen Dogterom, Nenad Pavin, Frank Jülicher

“…Two types of forces are suggested to contribute to the positioning process: (i) microtubule-growth based pushing forces; and (ii) motor protein mediated pulling forces. In this paper, we present a general theory to account for aster positioning in a confinement of arbitrary shape. …”
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A Host-Factor Interaction and Localization Map for a Plant-Adapted Rhabdovirus Implicates Cytoplasm-Tethered Transcription Activators in Cell-to-Cell Movement by Byoung-Eun Min, Kathleen Martin, Renyuan Wang, Petra Tafelmeyer, Max Bridges, Michael Goodin

“…Sc4i17 is a microtubule-associated motor protein. The M interactor, Mi7, is a nuclear-localized transcription factor. …”
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Tidal stretches differently regulate the contractile and cytoskeletal elements in intact airways. by Erzsébet Bartolák-Suki, Adam S LaPrad, Brian C Harvey, Béla Suki, Kenneth R Lutchen

“…Alternatively, during constriction, overall molecular motor activity was enhanced by Ptm oscillations, but ASMA level became lower. Thus, ASMA and motor protein levels change in opposite directions due to stretch and contraction maintaining similar airway constriction levels during static and dynamic Ptm. …”
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Loss of function of the Cik1/Kar3 motor complex results in chromosomes with syntelic attachment that are sensed by the tension checkpoint. by Fengzhi Jin, Hong Liu, Ping Li, Hong-Guo Yu, Yanchang Wang

“…We have found that the loss of function of a motor protein complex Cik1/Kar3 in budding yeast leads to syntelic attachments. …”
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Normal hearing sensitivity at low-to-middle frequencies with 34% prestin-charge density. by Tetsuji Yamashita, Jie Fang, Jiangang Gao, Yiling Yu, Marcia Mellado Lagarde, Jian Zuo

“…Although the OHC-specific, somatic motor protein prestin is required for cochlear amplification, it remains unclear whether prestin can provide sufficient cycle-by-cycle feedback. …”
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Anillin Phosphorylation Controls Timely Membrane Association and Successful Cytokinesis. by Hyunjung Kim, James M Johnson, Robert F Lera, Sarang Brahma, Mark E Burkard

“…This ring is composed of filamentous actin and the motor protein myosin, along with additional structural and regulatory proteins, including anillin. …”
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Kif4 Is Essential for Mouse Oocyte Meiosis. by Nicole J Camlin, Eileen A McLaughlin, Janet E Holt

“…During mitosis, the kinesin motor protein Kif4 is indispensable for chromosome condensation and separation, midzone formation and cytokinesis. …”
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KIF3A tail domain phosphorylation is not required for ciliogenesis in mouse embryonic fibroblasts by Ayoola S. Fasawe, Jessica M. Adams, Martin F. Engelke

“…A long-standing question is how a motor protein is differentially regulated for specific cargos. …”
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Actin nitrosylation and its effect on myosin driven motility by William H. Guilford, Heather M. Bansbach

“…However, the effects of nitrosylation on its interactions with the motor protein myosin are unknown. We therefore measured the effect of S-nitrosylation on the interactions of several actin isoforms with myosin. …”
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Lateral and End-On Kinetochore Attachments Are Coordinated to Achieve Bi-orientation in Drosophila Oocytes. by Sarah J Radford, Tranchau L Hoang, A Agata Głuszek, Hiroyuki Ohkura, Kim S McKim

“…We have examined oocytes lacking two kinetochore proteins, NDC80 and SPC105R, and a centromere-associated motor protein, CENP-E, to characterize the impact of kinetochore-microtubule attachments on spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in Drosophila oocytes. …”
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Creatine kinase B deficient neurons exhibit an increased fraction of motile mitochondria by Fransen Jack AM, Oerlemans Frank TJJ, Kuiper Jan WP, Wieringa Bé

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>CK-B activity does not directly couple to motor protein activity but cells without the enzyme increase the number of motile mitochondria, possibly as an adaptational strategy aimed to enhance mitochondrial distribution versatility in order to compensate for loss of efficiency in the cellular network for ATP distribution.…”
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Electro-detachment of kinesin motor domain from microtubule in silico by Jiří Průša, Michal Cifra

“…Kinesin is a motor protein essential in cellular functions, such as intracellular transport and cell-division, as well as for enabling nanoscopic transport in bio-nanotechnology. …”
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Prognostic significance of MYH9 expression in resected non-small cell lung cancer. by Ken Katono, Yuichi Sato, Shi-Xu Jiang, Makoto Kobayashi, Ryo Nagashio, Shinichiro Ryuge, Eriko Fukuda, Naoki Goshima, Yukitoshi Satoh, Makoto Saegusa, Noriyuki Masuda

“…Myosin-9 (MYH9) belongs to the myosin superfamily of actin-binding motor protein. Recently, MYH9 has been thought to be associated with cancer cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. …”
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PtdIns (3,4,5) P3 recruitment of Myo10 is essential for axon development. by Huali Yu, Nannan Wang, Xingda Ju, Yan Yang, Dong Sun, Mingming Lai, Lei Cui, Muhammad Abid Sheikh, Jianhua Zhang, Xingzhi Wang, Xiaojuan Zhu

“…Myosin X (Myo10) with pleckstrin homology (PH) domains is a motor protein acting in filopodium initiation and extension. …”
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DNA unwinding by ring-shaped T4 helicase gp41 is hindered by tension on the occluded strand. by Noah Ribeck, Omar A Saleh

“…The replicative helicase for bacteriophage T4 is gp41, which is a ring-shaped hexameric motor protein that achieves unwinding of dsDNA by translocating along one strand of ssDNA while forcing the opposite strand to the outside of the ring. …”
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Kinesin Khc-73/KIF13B modulates retrograde BMP signaling by influencing endosomal dynamics at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. by Edward H Liao, Lindsay Gray, Kazuya Tsurudome, Wassim El-Mounzer, Fatima Elazzouzi, Christopher Baim, Sarah Farzin, Mario R Calderon, Grant Kauwe, A Pejmun Haghighi

“…We have identified Khc-73, a plus-end directed microtubule motor protein, as a regulator of sorting of endosomes in Drosophila larval motor neurons. …”
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Calmodulin-like proteins localized to the conoid regulate motility and cell invasion by Toxoplasma gondii. by Shaojun Long, Kevin M Brown, Lisa L Drewry, Bryan Anthony, Isabelle Q H Phan, L David Sibley

“…Super-resolution microscopy localized all three CaMs to the conoid where they overlap with myosin H (MyoH), a motor protein that is required for invasion. Biotinylation using BirA fusions with the CaMs labeled a number of apical proteins including MyoH and its light chain MLC7, suggesting they may interact. …”
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Experimental and theoretical investigation of mechanism of Kinesin motility by Labno, Anna Kinga

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Participation of myosin Va and Pka type I in the regeneration of neuromuscular junctions by Röder, I, Strack, S, Reischl, M, Dahley, O, Khan, M, Kassel, O, Zaccolo, M, Rudolf, R

“… BACKGROUND: The unconventional motor protein, myosin Va, is crucial for the development of the mouse neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in the early postnatal phase. …”

Ultrastructural immunocytochemistry shows impairment of RNA pathways in skeletal muscle nuclei of old mice: A link to sarcopenia? by Maria Assunta Lacavalla, Barbara Cisterna, Carlo Zancanaro, Manuela Malatesta

“…In this study, the distribution and density of key molecular factors involved in RNA pathways namely, nuclear actin (a motor protein and regulator of RNA transcription), 5-methyl cytosine (an epigenetic regulator of gene transcription), and ribonuclease A (an RNA degrading enzyme) were compared in different nuclear compartments of late adult and old mice myonuclei by means of ultrastructural immunocytochemistry. …”
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