Capping of the barbed ends of actin filaments by a high-affinity profilin-actin complex

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-225

  DiNubile, Mark J ^a,b   Huang, Sherry ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b Education and Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; High affinity profilin actin complex; Profilactin; Pyrenyl G actin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-DIPHOSPHATE; PROFILINS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030754071     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)37:3<211::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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