Repolymerization of actin from actin:thymosin β4 complex induced by diaphanous related formins and gelsolin

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1194, Issue , 2010, Pages 36-43

  Mannherz, Hans Georg ^a,b   Mazur, Antonina Joanna ^a   Jockusch, Brigitte ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Diaphanous related formins; Gelsolin; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIAPHANOUS METHENAMINE; F ACTIN; GELSOLIN; METHENAMINE; THYMOSIN BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; THROMBOCYTE; THYMUS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77951830314     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05467.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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