Many ways to build an actin filament

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-308

  Popp, David ^a   Robinson, Robert C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA ACTIN; F ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MREB PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC VARIATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROFILAMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79954414615     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07599.x     Document Type: Review

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