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Abstract
Macrophages have a calcium-insensitive protein which binds to and inhibits monomer addition at the "pointed" end of actin filaments labelled with heavy meromyosin. This protein, in concert with calcium-sensitive proteins already shown to bind the "barbed" end of filaments, can lead to complete control of actin filament length in the cytoplasm. The blocking of actin filament ends in low as well as high calcium concentrations would prevent treadmilling in living cells.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6281657 DOI: 10.1038/297303a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962