Specification of Architecture and Function of Actin Structures by Actin Nucleation Factors

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-310

  Skau, Colleen T ^a   Waterman, Clare M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arp2 3; Contractile ring; Formin; Lamellipodium; Stress fiber

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN NUCLEATION FACTOR; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; FORMIN (PROTEIN); PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FILOPODIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOCAL ADHESION; LAMELLIPODIUM; MAMMAL CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PSEUDOPODIUM;

MAMMALIA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOCYTOSIS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 84937434870     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-060414-034308     Document Type: Article

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