Synaptopodin regulates the actin-bundling activity of α-actinin in an isoform-specific manner

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1188-1198

  Asanuma, Katsuhiko ^a,c   Kim, Kwanghee ^a,c   Oh, Jun ^a,f   Giardino, Laura ^a,d   Chabanis, Sophie ^b   Faul, Christian ^a,c   Reiser, Jochen ^a,e   Mundel, Peter ^a,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; SYNAPTOPODIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; MOUSE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; KIDNEY; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 18244384042     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200523371     Document Type: Article

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