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Accelerating on a treadmill: ADF/cofilin promotes rapid actin filament turnover in the dynamic cytoskeleton.

The Journal of cell biology ·Vol. 136 ·No. 6 ·1997-03-24 ·Pages 1165-8

Theriot JA

Abstract

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MeSH Terms
Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism Actin Depolymerizing Factors Actins/metabolism Animals Arabidopsis/genetics Cell Movement/physiology Cytoskeleton/metabolism,ultrastructure Destrin Fungal Proteins/metabolism Kinetics Listeria monocytogenes/drug effects Macromolecular Substances Microfilament Proteins/genetics,metabolism,physiology Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics,physiology Oocytes Plant Proteins/genetics,metabolism Rabbits Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism Xenopus laevis
Chemicals
Actin Depolymerizing Factors Actins Destrin Fungal Proteins Macromolecular Substances Microfilament Proteins Nerve Tissue Proteins Plant Proteins Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
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Theriot J A
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02160, USA. [email protected]
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of cell biology
Abbr.
J Cell Biol
ISSN
0021-9525
DOI
10.1083/jcb.136.6.1165
Email
[email protected]
Published
1997-03-24
Pages
1165-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0375356
PMCID
PMC2132515
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · R37 AI036929 · United States
Corrections
CommentOn
PMID: 9087445
CommentOn
PMID: 9087446
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