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TNTs are actin-based and devoid of microtubules: interestingly most other types of cell protrusions also contain actin (Condeelis 1993; Rorth 2003).
Eukaryotic cells during cell division construct contractile rings that are mainly composed of an actin-based cytoskeleton.
In fact, in vitro motility studies with a purified myosin from Chara (myosin XI, Cc ccm in Figure 3) have confirmed that it is indeed an actin-based motor [ 54].
We cannot rule out the possibility that specific alterations in host-cell transcription may have subtle effects by altering the stoichiometry of molecules involved in actin-based motility, but we are not able to detect such subtle changes using the methods described here.
Myosin II, a key component of this actin-based cytoskeleton, has been shown to be essential for cytokinesis of D. discoideum cells in suspension as well as for efficient chemotaxis and morphogenetic changes in shape during development) [ 1 2 3 ] . All of these roles require myosin II to be in the form of thick filaments.