The co-workers of actin filaments: From cell structures to signals

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 635-646

  Revenu, Céline ^a   Athman, Rafika ^a   Robine, Sylvie ^a   Louvard, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; FASCIN; FILAMIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MARCKS PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BRUSH BORDER; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FILOPODIUM; HAIR CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LAMELLIPODIUM; LIVER DISEASE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3543083870     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1437     Document Type: Review

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