An alpha-actinin-profilin chimaera with two alternatively operating actin-binding sites

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Schlüter, Kathrin ^a,b   Zeuschner, Dagmar ^b,d   Winkler, Jörg ^a   Pope, Brian ^c   Weeds, Alan ^c   Jockusch, Brigitte M ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin binding proteins; Actin filaments; Electron microscopy; Viscometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ANTIBODY; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROFILIN; PROLINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VISCOMETRY;

BOVINAE; CHIMAERA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 2642642938     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80011-3     Document Type: Article

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