Mutant actins demonstrate a role for unpolymerized actin in control of transcription by serum response factor

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4167-4178

  Posern, Guido ^a   Sotiropoulos, Athanassia ^a   Treisman, Richard ^b  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; LEPTOMYCIN B; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN G13R; PROTEIN R62D; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CYTOSKELETON; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME; XENOPUS;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0036906627     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.02-05-0068     Document Type: Article

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