The formins: Active scaffolds that remodel the cytoskeleton

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 435-446

  Wallar, Bradley J ^a   Alberts, Arthur S ^a  

^a VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FORMIN PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME BINDING; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041758426     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(03)00153-3     Document Type: Review

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