Thymosin β4 induces a conformational change in actin monomers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 985-992

  Dedova, Irina V ^a   Nikolaeva, Olga P ^b   Safer, Daniel ^c,d   De La Cruz, Enrique M ^e   Dos Remedios, Cris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COFILIN; CYSTINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; MONOMER; PURINE; SOLVENT; THYMOSIN BETA4; ACRYLAMIDE; CYSTEINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(4);

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENATURATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN BINDING; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HEAT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RABBIT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT; KINETICS; LYSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PURINES; RABBITS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; THYMOSIN;

EID: 33646172942     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.063081     Document Type: Article

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