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Microfilaments

Known as: Actin Microfilaments, Cytoskeleton, Actin, Filaments, Actin 
A filamentous structure formed of a two-stranded helical polymer of the protein actin and associated proteins. Actin filaments are a major component… 
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ACTA2 protein, humanActin, Cytoplasmic 1Actin, Gamma 2Actins

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Actin myofilamentArp2/3 protein complexCortical actin cytoskeletonMinus end of actin filament

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EctoplasmMyofibrilsactin filament bundleactin fusion focus

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Review
1993
Review
1993
Regulation of platelet function by the cytoskeleton.
The platelet cytoskeleton contains two actin filament-based components. One is the cytoplasmic actin filaments that fill the… 
1993
1993
Turnover of fluorescent nucleoside triphosphates by isolated immobilized myosin filaments. Transient kinetics on the zeptomole scale.
Recent developments of in vitro motility assays have allowed the sliding velocity and force generation to be measured when a… 
1990
1990
Actin-based organelle movements in interphaseSpirogyra
SummaryOrganelle transport in the cortical cytoplasm of interphaseSpirogyra crassa cells was investigated in vivo by real-time… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Determinative properties of muscle lineages in ascidian embryos.
Blastomeres removed from early cleavage stage ascidian embryos and reared to 'maturity' as partial embryos often elaborate tissue… 
1987
1987
The recovery of the polymerizability of Lys-61-labelled actin by the addition of phalloidin. Fluorescence polarization and resonance-energy-transfer measurements.
Modification of Lys-61 in actin with fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate (FITC) blocks actin polymerization [Burtnick, L. D. (1984… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Biochemical characterization of complex formation by human erythrocyte spectrin, protein 4.1, and actin.
Ternary complex formation between the major human erythrocyte membrane skeletal proteins spectrin, protein 4.1, and actin was… 
1983
1983
Primary leiomyosarcoma of bone. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study.
Primary leiomyosarcoma of bone is extremely rare. A 60-year-old woman had a mass in the right femur that was studied… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Traction retinal detachment. A cell-mediated event.
In posterior-segment penetrating injuries, the role of cellular and extracellular structures for the development of fraction… 
1981
1981
OTO method for preservation of actin filaments in electron microscopy.
Osmium tetroxide, commonly used as a fixative in electron microscopy, can destroy actin filaments. Thiocarbohydrizide (TCH) is a… 
1978
1978
Formation of a ternary complex: actin, 5'-adenylyl imidodiphosphate, and the subfragments of myosin.
The formation of the ternary complex composed of actin, 5'-adenylyl imidodiphosphate [AMP-P(NH)P], and myosin subfragment 1 (S-1…