Small espin: A third actin-bundling protein and potential forked protein ortholog in brush border microvilli

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-119

  Bartles, James R ^a   Zheng, Lili ^a   Li, Anli ^a   Wierda, Allison ^a   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actins; Cytoskeleton; Intestines; Kidney; Microvilli

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYTOSKELETON; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENE LIBRARY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KIDNEY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROVILLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032487440     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.1.107     Document Type: Article

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