New insights into the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by tropomyosin

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 281, Issue C, 2010, Pages 91-128

  Albert Wang, C L ^a   Coluccio, Lynne M ^a  

^a BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Caldesmon; Cytoskeleton; Muscle; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; CALDESMON; MYOSIN I; MYOSIN II; TROPOMYOSIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; BOOK; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MIGRATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOSINS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 77955863118     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1937-6448(10)81003-2     Document Type: Article

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