Fifteen formins for an actin filament: A molecular view on the regulation of human formins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1803, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-163

  Schönichen, André ^a   Geyer, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Diaphanous; Formin; Rho GTPase; WHIF1

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DISHEVELLED 1; DISHEVELLED 2; FORMIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; FETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77649273530     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.01.014     Document Type: Review

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