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Melissa A. Quintanilla

Loyola University ChicagoORCID 0000-0002-6044-9606Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Non-muscle myosin 2 can incorporate into established filaments in cells without an assembly competence domain

Kehan Wu, Hiral P. Patel, Huini Wu, Sasha K. Demeulenaere, Vraj Patel, Margaret E Utgaard, Melissa A. Quintanilla, Margaret A. Bennett, Stefano Sala, Jordan R. Beach

This study shows that non-muscle myosin 2A lacking the ACD can co-assemble with existing filaments, indicating the ACD is not required for association with established filaments.

Molecular Biology of the Cell · Jun 11, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology