Arp2/3 complex from Acanthamoeba binds profilin and cross-links actin filaments

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 841-852

  Mullins, R Dyche ^a   Kelleher, Joseph F ^b   Xu, James ^c   Pollard, Thomas D ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROFILIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0031922638     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.4.841     Document Type: Article

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