Diverse functions for different forms of nuclear actin

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-38

  Virtanen, Jori A ^a   Vartiainen, Maria K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MKL1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 85009754887     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2016.12.004     Document Type: Review

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