The essential role of profilin in the assembly of actin for microspike formation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6516-6526

  Suetsugu, Shiro ^a   Miki, Hiroaki ^a   Takenawa, Tadaomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cdc42; Microspike; N WASP; Profilin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROFILIN; PROLINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032538888     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.22.6516     Document Type: Article

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