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Profilins

Known as: Profilin, Profilin Proteins, Profilins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A family of low molecular weight proteins that bind ACTIN and control actin polymerization. They are found in eukaryotes and are ubiquitously… 
National Institutes of Health

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Actin-Binding ProteinMicrofilament Proteins

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Formins: processive cappers of growing actin filaments.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Natural latex, grass pollen, and weed pollen share IgE epitopes.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Characterization and localization of profilin in pollen grains and tubes of Lilium longiflorum.
Pollen tubes show a rapid and dramatically polarized growth in which the actin cytoskeleton appears to play a central role. In… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Profilin interacts with the Gly-Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro-Pro sequences of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP): implications for actin-based Listeria motility.
Intracellular actin-based motility of Listeria monocytogenes requires protein-protein interactions involving two different… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
One-month histologic response of transmyocardial laser channels with molecular intervention.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Role of Nucleotide Exchange and Hydrolysis in the Function of Profilin in Actin Assembly
Profilin, an essential G-actin-binding protein, has two opposite regulatory functions in actin filament assembly. It facilitates… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Toward a new concept of cell motility: cytoskeletal dynamics in amoeboid movement and cell division.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Probing the mechanism of incorporation of fluorescently labeled actin into stress fibers
The mechanism of actin incorporation into and association with stress fibers of 3T3 and WI38 fibroblasts was examined by… 
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
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Characterization of platelet extracts before and after stimulation with respect to the possible role of profilactin as microfilament precursor
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