Regulation of actin filament assembly by Arp2/3 complex and formins

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 36, Issue , 2007, Pages 451-477

  Pollard, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortactin; Profilin; Scar; WASp; WAVE

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; CORTACTIN; METHENAMINE; PROFILIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL MOTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CORTACTIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROFILINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34247644614     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.35.040405.101936     Document Type: Review

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