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Myh2 mouse: myosin, heavy polypeptide 2, skeletal muscle, adult

Aliases: myosin heavy chain 2A, myosin, heavy polypeptide 2, skeletal muscle, adult, skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain II-a, MHC2A, Myh2, RP23-294E23.2, Myh2a, Myhs-f, Myhsf1, Myhs-f1, MyHC-IIa

Protein Overview
Official Gene Name Myh2 (M. musculus)
RefSeq Protein Name myosin, heavy polypeptide 2, skeletal muscle, adult
References
  1. Donaudy F, Snoeckx R, Pfister M, Zenner HP, Blin N, Di Stazio M, Ferrara A, Lanzara C, Ficarella R, Declau F, Pusch CM, Nürnberg P, Melchionda S, Zelante L, Ballana E, Estivill X, Van Camp G, Gasparini P, Savoia A. Nonmuscle myosin heavy-chain gene MYH14 is expressed in cochlea and mutated in patients affected by autosomal dominant hearing impairment (DFNA4). Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2004; 74:770-6 (PubMed)
  2. Eddinger TJ, Meer DP. Myosin II isoforms in smooth muscle: heterogeneity and function. Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. 2007; 293:C493-508 (PubMed)
  3. O'Connell CB, Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS. Myosin at work: motor adaptations for a variety of cellular functions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2007; 1773:615-30 (PubMed)
  4. Redowicz MJ. Unconventional myosins in muscle. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 2007; 86:549-58 (PubMed)
  5. Sousa AD, Cheney RE. Myosin-X: a molecular motor at the cell's fingertips. Trends Cell Biol. 2005; 15:533-9 (PubMed)
  6. Svitkina TM, Verkhovsky AB, McQuade KM, Borisy GG. Analysis of the actin-myosin II system in fish epidermal keratocytes: mechanism of cell body translocation. J. Cell Biol. 1997; 139:397-415 (PubMed)
  7. Vicente-Manzanares M, Koach MA, Whitmore L, Lamers ML, Horwitz AF. Segregation and activation of myosin IIB creates a rear in migrating cells. J. Cell Biol. 2008; 183:543-54 (PubMed)
  8. Vicente-Manzanares M, Ma X, Adelstein RS, Horwitz AR. Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 2009; 10:778-90 (PubMed)
Consortium Related Products*
Mice » activity page
Ortholog Species Name Method Phenotype Status Jax Availability Source Publications
MYH2 mouse Myosin heavy chain II-A
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 Defects in cell adhesion and visceral endoderm. completed
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 Conti et al.

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Isoforms
Isoform Name RefSeq Protein RefSeq mRNA Swissprot ID
NP_001034634 NM_001039545

bold indicates the primary isoform