Supramolecular cellular filament systems: How and why do they form?

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-87

  Popp, David ^a   Robinson, Robert C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cation counterion fluctuations; Cellular filament systems; Liquid crystals; Molecular crowding; Supramolecular structures

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COUNTERION; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; DNA; F ACTIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN; PARM PROTEIN; POLYELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA PACKAGING; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTOZOON; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84857140482     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21006     Document Type: Review

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