Actin in the nucleus: What form and what for?

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 3-9

  Pederson, Thoru ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036971460     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00528-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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