The interaction of plectin with actin: Evidence for cross-linking of actin filaments by dimerization of the actin-binding domain of plectin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2065-2076

  Fontao, Lionel ^a,b   Geerts, Dirk ^a,c   Kulkman, Ingrid ^a   Koster, Jan ^a   Kramer, Duco ^a   Sonnenberg, Arnoud ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actin binding domain; Dystrophin; Focal contact; Plectin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALPONIN; F ACTIN; PLECTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CONTACT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COS CELLS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; FIBROBLASTS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLECTIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFECTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034953789     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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