Fragmentation is crucial for the steady-state dynamics of actin filaments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 803-808

  Schmoller, Kurt M ^a   Niedermayer, Thomas ^b   Zensen, Carla ^a   Wurm, Christine ^a   Bausch, Andreas R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHOSPHATE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERIZATION; RABBIT; TIME;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERIZATION; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052499090     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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