Assembly kinetics determine the architecture of α-actinin crosslinked F-actin networks

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Falzone, Tobias T ^a,b   Lenz, Martin ^c   Kovar, David R ^a   Gardel, Margaret L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; F ACTIN; ACTIN; ACTININ;

ARTICLE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84865183689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1862     Document Type: Article

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