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Electron micrograph of a cell showing the high density of a cytoskeletal network. A cartoon of the molecular motor myosin V and a 20 nm quantum dot are drawn approximately to scale. The dashed ovals with question marks indicate possible myosin V molecules in the cell.

Credit: Tatyana Svitkina, PhD, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania

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Electron micrograph of a cell showing the high density of a cytoskeletal network. A cartoon of the molecular motor myosin V and a 20 nm quantum dot are drawn approximately to scale. The dashed ovals with question marks indicate possible myosin V molecules in the cell. (Tatyana Svitkina, PhD, Department of Biology)
 


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