Shedding light on nuclear actin dynamics and function

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 376-377

  Treisman, Richard ^a  

^a CRUK London Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin dynamics; Arp4; Chromatin remodelling; Ino80; MDia; Myocardin related transcription factor; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; EXPORTIN 6; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOCARDIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIN; ACTIN DYNAMICS; ARP4; CHROMATIN REMODELLING; INO80; MDIA; MYOCARDIN-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NUCLEUS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880721932     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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