Cellular control of actin nucleation

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2002, Pages 247-288

  Welch, Matthew D ^a   Mullins, R Dyche ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arp2 3 complex; Endocytosis; Filopodia; Lamellipodia; Nucleation promoting factor; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ENZYME; POLYMER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENZYMES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 0036441523     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.040202.112133     Document Type: Review

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