Tropomodulins: Pointed-end capping proteins that regulate actin filament architecture in diverse cell types

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 337-370

  Yamashiro, Sawako ^a   Gokhin, David S ^a   Kimura, Sumiko ^b   Nowak, Roberta B ^a   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Cell migration; Cell morphology; Membrane skeleton; Spectrin; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; LEIOMODIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMODULIN 1; TROPOMODULIN 2; TROPOMODULIN 3; TROPOMODULIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN CAPPING; ACTIN FILAMENT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMPHIMEDON QUEENSLANDICA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM; TRICHOPLAX; TRICHOPLAX ADHERENS;

EID: 85027946629     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21031     Document Type: Review

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