Cofilin produces newly polymerized actin filaments that are preferred for dendritic nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-84

  Ichetovkin, Ilia ^a   Grant, Wayne ^b   Condeelis, John ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; BIOPOLYMER; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; BIOPOLYMERS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS;

EID: 0037039167     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00629-7     Document Type: Article

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