supported by the grants from the National Science Foundation of China (No. 31271556);Association Francaise contre les Myopathies (AFM);the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-09-BLAN-0262-03) in France
Myosin XVIIIA, or MYO18A, is a unique PDZ domain-containing unconventional myosin and is evolutionarily conserved from Drosophila to vertebrates. Although there is evidence indicating its expression in the somites, wh...