The bundling of actin with polyethylene glycol 8000 in the presence and absence of gelsolin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1485-1492

  Goverman, Jeremy ^a   Schick, Louis A ^a   Newman, Jay ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GELSOLIN; MACROGOL 8000;

ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; DISULFIDE BOND; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYOFILAMENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0029782828     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79349-9     Document Type: Article

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