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actin cortical patch

Known as: actin patch 
An endocytic patch that consists of an actin-containing structure found at the plasma membrane in cells; formed of networks of branched actin… 
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Cortical actin cytoskeleton

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Clathrin is Important for Normal Actin Dynamics and Progression of Sla2p‐Containing Patches During Endocytosis in Yeast
Clathrin is a major vesicle coat protein involved in receptor‐mediated endocytosis. In yeast and higher eukaryotes, clathrin is… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Endocytosis in fission yeast is spatially associated with the actin cytoskeleton during polarised cell growth and cytokinesis
In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, uptake of the fluorescent styryl dye FM4-64 via the endocytic pathway to the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Live cell imaging of the assembly, disassembly, and actin cable–dependent movement of endosomes and actin patches in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Using FM4-64 to label endosomes and Abp1p-GFP or Sac6p-GFP to label actin patches, we find that (1) endosomes colocalize with… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Yeast actin patches are networks of branched actin filaments
Cortical actin patches are the most prominent actin structure in budding and fission yeast. Patches assemble, move, and… 
2002
2002
Quantitative analysis of actin patch movement in yeast.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Sla1p couples the yeast endocytic machinery to proteins regulating actin dynamics.
Sla1p is a protein required for cortical actin patch structure and organisation in budding yeast. Here we use a combination of… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Roles of the fission yeast formin for3p in cell polarity, actin cable formation and symmetric cell division
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Role of actin and Myo2p in polarized secretion and growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
We examined the role of the actin cytoskeleton in secretion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the use of several quantitative… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Three-dimensional imaging of the yeast actin cytoskeleton through the budding cell cycle.
The actin cytoskeleton of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is composed of a single, conventional actin isoform that is 86% identical to… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The Yeast V159N Actin Mutant Reveals Roles for Actin Dynamics In Vivo
Actin with a Val 159 to Asn mutation (V159N) forms actin filaments that depolymerize slowly because of a failure to undergo a… 
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