Cofilin promotes rapid actin filament turnover in vivo

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6637, 1997, Pages 78-82

  Lappalainen, Pekka ^a   Drubin, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUKARYOTE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BIOPOLYMERS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030797467     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40418     Document Type: Article

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