Myosin IIA interacts with the spectrin-actin membrane skeleton to control red blood cell membrane curvature and deformability
A. S. Smith, R. B. Nowak, S. Zhou, M. Gianetto, D. S. Gokhin, J. Papoin, I. C. Ghiran, L. Blanc, J. Wan, V. M. Fowler
This paper shows that myosin IIA interacts with the spectrin-actin membrane skeleton in red blood cells to control membrane curvature and deformability by exerting contractile forces.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2017Cell Biology