Spatial regulation of actin dynamics: A tropomyosinfree, actin-rich compartment of the leading edge

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4649-4660

  DesMarais, Vera ^a   Ichetovkin, Ilia ^a   Condeelis, John ^a   Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Arp2 3 complex; Cofilin; Cytoskeleton; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMELLIPODIUM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS FIBER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOPODIA; RABBITS; RATS; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036912348     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00147     Document Type: Review

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