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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

Narrower (11)

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

Broader (4)

EctoplasmMyofibrilsactin filament bundleactin fusion focus

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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Tilting of the light-chain region of myosin during step length changes and active force generation in skeletal muscle
FORCE generation and relative sliding between the myosin and actin filaments in muscle are thought to be caused by tilting of the… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Actin-based cytoskeleton regulates a chloride channel and cell volume in a renal cortical collecting duct cell line.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Smooth muscle caldesmon. Rapid purification and F-actin cross-linking properties.
A method for the rapid purification of caldesmon, an F-actin binding protein of smooth muscle, has been developed. Caldesmon… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Actin from Thyone sperm assembles on only one end of an actin filament: a behavior regulated by profilin
Thyone sperm were demembranated with Triton X-100 and, after washing, extracted with 30 mM Tris at pH 8.0 and 1 mM MgCl2. After… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
An F-actin- and calmodulin-binding protein from isolated intestinal brush borders has a morphology related to spectrin
Review
1981
Review
1981
Cytoplasmic contractile proteins
In reviewing work on cytoplasmic contractile proteins and the contributions made to this field by The Journal of Cell Biology… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Identification of membrane proteins mediating the interaction of human platelets
Membrane glycoproteins that mediate platelet-platelet interactions were investigated by identifying those associated with the… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Actin in erythrocyte ghosts and its association with spectrin. Evidence for a nonfilamentous form of these two molecules in situ
Actin was isolated from erythrocyte ghosts. It is identical to muscle actin in its molecular weight, net charge, ability to… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Acanthamoeba myosin. I. Isolation from Acanthamoeba castellanii of an enzyme similar to muscle myosin.
Abstract An ATPase that accounts for about 0.3% of the total cell protein has been isolated in 90% purity from Acanthamoeba… 
Review
1970
Review
1970
The synthesis and assembly of myofibrils in embryonic muscle.
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