The effects of formins on the conformation of subdomain 1 in actin filaments

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Ujfalusi, Zoltán ^a   Barkó, Szilvia ^a   Hild, Gábor ^a   Nyitrai, Miklós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Actin; fluorescence quenching; fluorescence spectroscopy; Formin; Protein conformation

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ACTIN; CYSTEINE; METHENAMINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROFILAMENTS; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 73249141141     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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