Turning on the Arp2/3 complex at atomic resolution

被引:7
作者
Borths, EL
Welch, MD
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] CALTECH, Dept Chem, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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10.1016/S0969-2126(02)00712-8
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The recently published 2 Angstrom X-ray crystal structure of bovine Arp2/3 complex gives us atomic scale insight into Arp2/3-mediated actin nucleation, while cryo-EM work and functional studies begin to fill in exciting mechanistic details.
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页码:131 / 135
页数:5
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