A six-module human nebulin fragment bundles actin filaments and induces actin polymerization

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-235

  Gonsior, Sabine M ^a   Gautel, Mathias ^b   Hinssen, Horst ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; G ACTIN; NEBULIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BINDING SITES; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031918680     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005372915268     Document Type: Article

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