Control of actin assembly at filament ends

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 1995, Pages 497-518

  Schafer, Dorothy A ^a   Cooper, John A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

binding proteins; capping proteins; motility; polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GELSOLIN; PROFILIN; PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029612323     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cb.11.110195.002433     Document Type: Review

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