Actin cytoskeleton. Setting the pace of cell movement.
Eukaryotic cells have many proteins that cap the barbed ends of actin filaments. Manipulation of their cellular concentration leads to changes in cell motility rates, actin dynamics and signal transduction reactions.
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Division of Experimental Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA.
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D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D051347:CapZ Actin Capping Protein; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000502:physiology
D000199:Actins; D051347:CapZ Actin Capping Protein; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins