Actin filament nucleation and elongation factors structure function relationships

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 351-366

  Dominguez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Arp2 3 complex; Cobl; Eva VASP; Lmod; Nucleation and elongation; Spire; VopL VopF

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ELONGATION FACTOR; LEIOMODIN; PROFILIN; PROTEIN; TROPOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; WASP HOMOLOGY 2 DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; MUSCLE CELL; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70450245305     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409230903277340     Document Type: Review

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