Effect of capping protein, CapZ, on the length of actin filaments and mechanical properties of actin filament networks

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Xu, Jingyuan ^a,b   Casella, James F ^a   Pollard, Thomas D ^a,b,c  

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

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Capping protein; CapZ; Filaments; Mechanical properties; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CAPZ ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; RABBITS; RHEOLOGY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033040618     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1999)42:1<73::AID-CM7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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