Actin binding proteins: Regulation of cytoskeletal microfilaments

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-473

  Dos Remedios, C G ^a   Chhabra, D ^a   Kekic, M ^a   Dedova, I V ^a   Tsubakihara, M ^a   Berry, D A ^a   Nosworthy, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; COFILIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GELSOLIN; MONOMER; PROFILIN; PROTEIN CAPZ; THYMOSIN BETA4; TROPOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOSKELETON; MICROFILAMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0037378124     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00026.2002     Document Type: Review

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