Multifunctionality of the β-thymosin/WH2 module: G-actin sequestration, actin filament growth, nucleation, and severing

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1194, Issue , 2010, Pages 44-52

  Husson, Clotilde ^a   Cantrelle, François Xavier ^b   Roblin, Pierre ^a   Didry, Dominique ^a   Le, Kim Ho Diep ^a   Perez, Javier ^c   Guittet, Eric ^b   Van Heijenoort, Carine ^b   Renault, Louis ^a   Carlier, Marie France ^a  

^a LEBS CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Actin; Cordon Bleu; Spire; Thymosin 4; WH2 domain

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BETA THYMOSIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; G ACTIN; GELSOLIN; PROFILIN; PROTEIN WH2; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; TANDEM REPEAT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951785122     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05473.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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