Hypothetical force created by all myosin-II heads in contractile unit
| Value | 1500 pN |
|---|---|
| Organism | Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe |
| Reference | Wu JQ, Pollard TD. Counting cytokinesis proteins globally and locally in fission yeast. Science. 2005 Oct 14 310(5746):p.313 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID16224022 |
| Comments | "If all the myosin-II heads in such a contractile unit were active, they would produce ~1500 pN of force." Observed force considerably lower |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 102274 |