The myo2+ gene encodes a type II myosin essential for cytokinesis in fission yeast, suggesting a contractile actin-myosin mechanism appeared early in eukaryotic evolution.
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No immediate clinical implications for cardiology; leaves open myosin II conservation in human cell division.
May et al. (1997) studied this question.
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