Cortactin Binding to F-actin Revealed by Electron Microscopy and 3D Reconstruction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 840-847

  Pant, Kiran ^a   Chereau, David ^b   Hatch, Victoria ^a   Dominguez, Roberto ^b   Lehman, William ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; Arp2 3; cortactin; electron microscopy; WASP

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; CORTACTIN; F ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33744832052     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.065     Document Type: Article

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