Structural insights into de novo actin polymerization

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Dominguez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PROFILIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN W; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 77951272888     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.12.012     Document Type: Review

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