Structure, assembly, and dynamics of actin filaments in situ and in vitro

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-50

  Schoenenberger, Cora Ann ^a   Steinmetz, Michel O ^a,b   Stoffler, Daniel ^a   Mandinova, Anna ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; IN-VITRO; ISOFORMS; STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION;

CONSERVATION;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032874951     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991001)47:1<38::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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