Actin in striated muscle: Recent insights into assembly and maintenance

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Dwyer, Joseph ^a   Iskratsch, Thomas ^a,b   Ehler, Elisabeth ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cardiomyopathy; Formin; Myofibrillogenesis; Sarcomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873164727     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0062-7     Document Type: Review

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