Toxofilin, a novel actin-binding protein from Toxoplasma gondii, sequesters actin monomers and caps actin filaments

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 355-368

  Poupel, Olivier ^a   Boleti, Haralabia ^a   Axisa, Sophie ^a   Couture Tosi, Evelyne ^b   Tardieux, Isabelle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033980626     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.1.355     Document Type: Article

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