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Spectrin

Known as: Spectrin [Chemical/Ingredient], Spectrins 
A high molecular weight (220-250 kDa) water-soluble protein which can be extracted from erythrocyte ghosts in low ionic strength buffers. The protein… 
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
βIII Spectrin Is Necessary for Formation of the Constricted Neck of Dendritic Spines and Regulation of Synaptic Activity in Neurons
Dendritic spines are postsynaptic structures in neurons often having a mushroom-like shape. Physiological significance and… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Localization and Structure of the Ankyrin-binding Site on β2-Spectrin*
Spectrins are tetrameric actin-cross-linking proteins that form an elastic network, termed the membrane skeleton, on the… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Glial regulation of the axonal membrane at nodes of Ranvier
Review
2002
Review
2002
Establishing and sculpting the synapse in Drosophila and C. elegans
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Primary structure of the brain alpha-spectrin [published erratum appears in J Cell Biol 1989 Mar;108(3):following 1175]
We have determined the nucleotide sequence coding for the chicken brain alpha-spectrin. It is derived both from the cDNA and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Comparison of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin genes reveals strict homology among diverse species
The spectrins are a family of widely distributed filamentous proteins. In association with actin, spectrins form a supporting and… 
1988
1988
Spectrin-like proteins in the paraflagellar rod structure of Trypanosoma brucei.
A polyclonal, monospecific rabbit antibody to human erythrocyte spectrins cross-reacted with two sets of proteins (a doublet of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Drosophilia spectrin. I. Characterization of the purified protein
We purified a protein from Drosophila S3 tissue culture cells that has many of the diagnostic features of spectrin from… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Comparison of spectrin isolated from erythroid and non-erythroid sources.
Spectrin from erythrocytes and two other tissues (brain and intestine) were isolated from two distant species, pig and chicken… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Molecular and functional changes in spectrin from patients with hereditary pyropoikilocytosis.
The structural and functional properties of spectrin from normal and hereditary pyropoikilocytosis (HPP) donors from the two… 
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