Actin dynamics: From nanoscale to microscale

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-110

  Carlsson, Anders E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin turnover; Branched network; Overshoot; Polymerization; Reaction diffusion waves; Severing

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; COFILIN; CYCLIC AMP; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; BIOMIMETICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CELL STIMULATION; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFUSION; DNA HELIX; LAMELLIPODIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS; TURNOVER TIME;

ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 77952942752     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.093008.131207     Document Type: Review

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