filamentous actin

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filamentous actin

The polymerized form of actin.

See also: actin

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Another potential cause for Ube3A-related neurodevelopmental dysfunction is that Ube3A also targets Ephexin5, an activator of the small GTPase RhoA, which is associated with the contraction of filamentous actin networks [91].

Breaking it down: the ubiquitin proteasome system in neuronal morphogenesis

Selective assay of monomeric and filamentous actin in cell extracts, using inhibition of deoxyribonuclease I.

Role of cytosolic calcium and actin polymerization on agonist-induced secretion by the platelets of liver cirrhosis patients/Karaciger sirozlu hastalarin trombositlerinde aktin polimerizasyonu ve sitozolik kalsiyumunun etkisi

F-actin pre acrosomal reaction denotes the amount of filamentous actin present in unreacted sperm visualized by fluorescent staining and electron microscopy.

Sperm polymorphism within the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: divergence between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

If this were an art show, viewers would be struck by the otherworldy beauty and dumbstruck by the subjects: for instance, filamentous actin and microtubules in mouse fibroblasts.

BEAUTY OF SMALL THINGS

Once the microbe has escaped from the vacuole, it quickly becomes coated with filamentous actin and ultimately forms an actin tail at one pole of the bacterium (Figure 3A) (46,47).

Enteropathogenic E. coli, Salmonella, and Shigella: Masters of Host Cell Cytoskeletal Exploitation

Confocal microscopy images of F-actin stained with Phalloidin showed that, in PEG 35 pretreated livers, filamentous actin associated with the membrane microfilamentous network and the pericanalicular band are kept preserved (Figure 5(a)).

Polyethylene Glycol Preconditioning: An Effective Strategy to Prevent Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury