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Shedding a little light on light chains

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Myosin II regulatory light chains have an important role in the organization and function of the contractile machinery at cytokinesis. Two recent reports provide new insights into these important proteins.

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Figure 1: The mechanism of cytokinesis is conserved from yeast to mammals.
Figure 2: Subunit structure of myosin II.

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