Actin polymerization machinery: The finish line of signaling networks, the starting point of cellular movement

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 955-970

  Disanza, A ^a,b   Steffen, A ^c   Hertzog, M ^a,b   Frittoli, E ^a,b   Rottner, K ^c   Scita, G ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Actin binding proteins; Lamellipodia; RhoGTPases; Signaling complex

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; COFILIN; G ACTIN; GELSOLIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MONOMER; NAP1 PROTEIN; PROFILIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABI; PROTEIN EPS8; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STIMULATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DYNAMICS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FORCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOPODIA; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18544379580     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4472-6     Document Type: Review

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