Enhancement of branching efficiency by the actin filament-binding activity of N-WASP/WAVE2

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4533-4542

  Suetsugu, Shiro ^a   Miki, Hiroaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideki ^a   Obinata, Takeshi ^a   Takenawa, Tadaomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Arp2 3 complex; Capping protein; N WASP; WAVE

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; TRIPHOSPHOINOSITIDE; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5-DIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

ANIMALIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0035694556     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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