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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… Expand
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Cortical actin cytoskeleton

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Mathematical Modeling of Endocytic Actin Patch Kinetics in Fission Yeast: Disassembly Requires Release of Actin Filament Fragments
We used the dendritic nucleation hypothesis to formulate a mathematical model of the assembly and disassembly of actin filaments… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Interactions of WASp, myosin-I, and verprolin with Arp2/3 complex during actin patch assembly in fission yeast
Yeast actin patches are dynamic structures that form at the sites of cell growth and are thought to play a role in endocytosis… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The phosphoinositide phosphatase Sjl2 is recruited to cortical actin patches in the control of vesicle formation and fission during endocytosis.
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae synaptojanin-like proteins (Sjl1, Sjl2, and Sjl3) are phosphoinositide (PI) phosphatases that… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bzz1p is implicated with type I myosins in actin patch polarization and is able to recruit actin-polymerizing machinery in vitro.
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the WASP (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein) homologue Las17p (also called Bee1p) is an important… Expand
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2002
2002
Quantitative analysis of actin patch movement in yeast.
To investigate the mechanism of cortical actin patch movement in yeast, we implement a method for computer tracking the motion of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Roles of the fission yeast formin for3p in cell polarity, actin cable formation and symmetric cell division
BACKGROUND Both symmetric and asymmetric cell divisions are required for the generation of appropriate cell lineages during… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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