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Actins
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Actin
, Actins [Chemical/Ingredient]
A globular subunit of microfilaments, highly conserved Actin is one of the most abundant proteins in eukaryotic cells. Monomeric actin, a slow ATPase…
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Actin myofilament
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Actin in action: the interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and synaptic efficacy
L. Cingolani
,
Y. Goda
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
2008
Corpus ID: 2882638
Synapse regulation exploits the capacity of actin to function as a stable structural component or as a dynamic filament. Beyond…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Actin binding proteins: regulation of cytoskeletal microfilaments.
C. Remedios
,
D. Chhabra
,
+4 authors
N. Nosworthy
Physiological Reviews
2003
Corpus ID: 21549970
The actin cytoskeleton is a complex structure that performs a wide range of cellular functions. In 2001, significant advances…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Regulation of actin dynamics through phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase
S. Arber
,
Freda A. Barbayannis
,
+4 authors
P. Caroni
Nature
1998
Corpus ID: 4394707
Cell division, cell motility and the formation and maintenance of specialized structures in differentiated cells depend directly…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cofilin phosphorylation by LIM-kinase 1 and its role in Rac-mediated actin reorganization
N. Yang
,
O. Higuchi
,
+5 authors
K. Mizuno
Nature
1998
Corpus ID: 4326365
Rac is a small GTPase of the Rho family that mediates stimulus-induced actin cytoskeletal reorganization to generate lamellipodia…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Actin Depolymerizing Factor (ADF/Cofilin) Enhances the Rate of Filament Turnover: Implication in Actin-based Motility
M. Carlier
,
Valérie Laurent
,
+6 authors
D. Pantaloni
Journal of Cell Biology
1997
Corpus ID: 15506269
Actin-binding proteins of the actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin family are thought to control actin-based motile…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Structure of the actin-myosin complex and its implications for muscle contraction.
I. Rayment
,
H. Holden
,
+4 authors
R. Milligan
Science
1993
Corpus ID: 46511535
Muscle contraction consists of a cyclical interaction between myosin and actin driven by the concomitant hydrolysis of adenosine…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts
Alexis Desmoulière
,
A. Geinoz
,
F. Gabbiani
,
Giulio Gabbiani
Journal of Cell Biology
1993
Corpus ID: 7582404
Granulation tissue fibroblasts (myofibroblasts) develop several ultrastructural and biochemical features of smooth muscle (SM…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Atomic model of the actin filament
K. Holmes
,
D. Popp
,
W. Gebhard
,
W. Kabsch
Nature
1990
Corpus ID: 4317981
The F-actin filament has been constructed from the atomic structure of the actin monomer to fit the observed X-ray fibre diagram…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Rate constants for the reactions of ATP- and ADP-actin with the ends of actin filaments
T. Pollard
Journal of Cell Biology
1986
Corpus ID: 1925758
I measured the rate of elongation at the barbed and pointed ends of actin filaments by electron microscopy with Limulus sperm…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Address Correspondence To
Steven P. Wallace
,
Jodi Cohn
,
John F. Schnelle
,
Robert L. Kane
,
Joseph G. Ouslander
1985
Corpus ID: 267562
Managed care is reshaping our health care system, although long-term care is only beginning to feel its effects. We report on the…
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