Actin dynamics: Tropomyosin provides stability

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Cooper, John A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTION; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL MOVEMENT; MICROFILAMENTS; PSEUDOPODIA; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0037031320     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01028-X     Document Type: Review

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4. Spatial regulation of actin dynamics: A tropomyosin-free, actin-rich compartment at the leading edge
5. Regulation of coiled-coil assembly in tropomyosins
6. Tropomyosin stabilizes the pointed end of actin filaments by slowing depolymerization
7. Tropomyosin-troponin complex stabilizes the pointed ends of actin filaments against polymerization and depolymerization
8. Effects of chemical modification, tropomyosin and myosin subfragment 1 on the yield strength and critical concentration of F-actin
9. Kinetic analysis of actin assembly suggests that tropomyosin inhibits spontaneous fragmentation of actin filaments
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11. Actin dynamics at pointed ends regulates thin filament length in striated muscle
12. Depolymerization of F-actin by deoxyribonuclease I
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14. Isolation and some structural and functional properties of macrophage tropomyosin
15. Role of cofilin in epidermal growth factor-stimulated actin polymerization and lamellipod protrusion
16. Cofilin produces newly polymerized actin filaments that are preferred for dendritic nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex
17. Tropomyosin-containing actin cables direct the Myo2p-dependent polarized delivery of secretory vesicles in budding yeast
18. Secretory vesicle transport velocity in living cells depends on the myosin-V lever arm length
19. Cofilin is an essential component of the yeast cortical cytoskeleton
20. Cofilin promotes rapid actin filament turnover in vivo