Electrostatic effects of smooth muscle calponin on actin assembly

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 432-440

  Tang, Jay X ^a,c   Szymanski, Pawel T ^b   Janmey, Paul A ^a   Tao, Terence ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin bundles; Actin binding protein; Calponin; Electrostatics; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALPONIN; F ACTIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030758697     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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