title: Actin cytoskeleton: formins lead the way.
abstract: Formins are eukaryotic proteins that potently influence actin polymerization dynamics. Recent evidence strongly suggests that these proteins move processively with the elongating barbed ends of actin filaments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Higgs
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins