Spatial and temporal regulation of actin polymerization for cytoskeleton formation through Arp2/3 complex and WASP/WAVE proteins

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 113-122

  Suetsugu, Shiro ^a,b   Miki, Hiroaki ^a   Takenawa, Tadaomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin comet; Arp2 3 complex; Branching; N WASP; VCA; WASP; WAVE

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; COFILIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAVE PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY;

VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036130255     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.10020     Document Type: Review

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