Two biochemically distinct and tissue-specific twinfilin isoforms are generated from the mouse Twf2 gene by alternative promoter usage

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 417, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 593-600

  Nevalainen, Elisa M ^a   Skwarek Maruszewska, Aneta ^a   Braun, Attila ^b   Moser, Markus ^b   Lappalainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Cytoskeleton; Isoform; Twinfilm (Twf)

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DYNAMICS; ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MONOMERS; ACTIN-DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; CAPPING PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL DYNAMICS; CYTOSKELETON; END CAPPING; HIGH AFFINITY; ISOFORM; ISOFORMS; MUSCLE TISSUES; N-TERMINAL; TWINFILM (TWF);

FILAMENTS (LAMP); MAMMALS; MONOMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DYNAMICS;

ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; G ACTIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TWINFILIN 2A; TWINFILIN 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; PTK9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TWINFILIN 1 PROTEIN, RAT; TWINFILIN 2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TWINFILIN 2 PROTEIN, RAT; TWINFILIN-1 PROTEIN, RAT; TWINFILIN-2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TWINFILIN-2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLEEN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TWF2 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249091719     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20080608     Document Type: Article

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