Cofilin Promotes Actin Polymerization and Defines the Direction of Cell Motility

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5671, 2004, Pages 743-746

  Ghosh, Mousumi ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Mouneimne, Ghassan ^a   Sidani, Mazen ^a   Lawrence, David S ^a   Condeelis, John S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR RESPONSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTRUSIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACTIN; COFILIN;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; LIGHT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUTATION; PHENYLACETATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PSEUDOPODIA; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 2342436150     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094561     Document Type: Article

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