The human Arp2/3 complex is composed of evolutionarily conserved subunits and is localized to cellular regions of dynamic actin filament assembly

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-384

  Welch, Matthew D ^a,c   DePace, Angela H ^a   Verma, Suzie ^a   Iwamatsu, Akihiro ^b   Mitchison, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOPODIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0030802671     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.2.375     Document Type: Article

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