Purification of a 47-kDa calmodulin-binding polypeptide as an actin-binding protein from Neurospora crassa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Capelli, Nicolas ^a   Barja, Francisco ^a   Van Tuinen, Diederik ^b   Monnat, Jean ^a   Turian, Gilbert ^a   Ortega Perez, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

actin binding protein; calmodulin; cellular localization; Neurospora crassa

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; F ACTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ACTINS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALMODULIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031059089     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00527-7     Document Type: Article

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