Role and structural mechanism of WASP-triggered conformational changes in branched actin filament nucleation by Arp2/3 complex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 27, 2016, Pages E3834-E3843

  Rodnick Smith, Max ^a   Luan, Qing ^a   Liu, Su Ling ^a   Nolen, Brad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Arp2 3; WASP

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; MONOMER; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BUDDING; CHIMERA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STIMULATION; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EID: 84977277094     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517798113     Document Type: Article

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