Structure, subunit topology, and actin-binding activity of the Arp2/3 complex from Acanthamoeba

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-343

  Mullins, R Dyche ^a   Stafford, Walter F ^b   Pollard, Thomas D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RABBIT; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROFILINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031051993     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.2.331     Document Type: Article

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