Rho Kinase's Role in Myosin Recruitment to the Equatorial Cortex of Mitotic Drosophila S2 Cells Is for Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation

Sara O. Dean; James A. Spudich

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000131

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Rho Kinase's Role in Myosin Recruitment to the Equatorial Cortex of Mitotic Drosophila S2 Cells Is for Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation

Sara O. Dean,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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James A. Spudich

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jspudich@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Rho Kinase's Role in Myosin Recruitment to the Equatorial Cortex of Mitotic Drosophila S2 Cells Is for Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation

Sara O. Dean,
James A. Spudich

Published: December 27, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000131

About the Authors

Sara O. Dean

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

James A. Spudich

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jspudich@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD. Performed the experiments: SD. Analyzed the data: JS SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS. Wrote the paper: JS SD.

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