Actin nucleators in the nucleus: An emerging theme

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3519-3527

  Weston, Louise ^a,b   Coutts, Amanda S ^a   La Thangué, Nicholas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Nucleation; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; APC PROTEIN; ARP PROTEIN; FHOD1 PROTEIN; MDIA PROTEIN; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASH PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84869105145     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.099523     Document Type: Note

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