From the 2002 Holiday Lectures — Scanning Life's Matrix: Genes, Proteins, and Small Molecules

Myosin II Mechanism

Myosin II is one of the molecules involved in furrow formation in dividing cells. This animation shows how the molecule operates, and how furrowstatin blocks the mechanism and halts division of a cell.

57 seconds
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