Three-color single molecule imaging shows WASP detachment from Arp2/3 complex triggers actin filament branch formation

eLife

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Benjamin A ^a,d   Padrick, Shae B ^b   Doolittle, Lynda K ^b   Daugherty Clarke, Karen ^a   Corrêa Jr , Ivan R ^c   Xu, Ming Qun ^c   Goode, Bruce L ^a   Rosen, Michael K ^b   Gelles, Jeff ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^d BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERPROLIN HOMOLOGY CENTRAL ACIDIC DOMAIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DISSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; COLOR; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; COLOR; KINETICS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EID: 84884697646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01008     Document Type: Article

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