CMB Seminar: Jerry Honts
Riddick 314Title: Structural and functional diversity of calcium-triggered contractile proteins in ciliates Abstract: Ciliated protozoa employ conventional ATP-powered cytoskeletal motors, such as myosins, dyneins, and kinesins, for motility and intracellular transport. But ciliates also use novel cytoskeletal motors that do not require ATP to generate force. These calcium-triggered motors drive contractile processes, some of which are…