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Actin Capping Proteins

Actin Capping Proteins is a class of regulatory proteins that bind to the ends of actin filaments, thereby controlling filament elongation and depolymerization by selectively blocking the addition or loss of actin subunits at the filament termini.

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Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

Ke Xu, Guisheng Zhong, Xiaowei Zhuang · Science · 2012 · 1.3K citations

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Antagonism between Ena/VASP Proteins and Actin Filament Capping Regulates Fibroblast Motility

James E. Bear, Tatyana Svitkina, Matthias Krause et al. · Cell · 2002 · 841 citations · Full text

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Dynamics of capping protein and actin assembly in vitro: uncapping barbed ends by polyphosphoinositides.

Dorothy A. Schafer, Paul B. Jennings, John A. Cooper · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1996 · 423 citations · Full text

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Molecular requirements for actin-based lamella formation in <i>Drosophila</i> S2 cells

Stephen L. Rogers, Ursula Wiedemann, Nico Stuurman et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2003 · 399 citations · Full text

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Structural basis of actin filament nucleation and processive capping by a formin homology 2 domain

Takanori Otomo, Diana R. Tomchick, Chinatsu Otomo et al. · Nature · 2005 · 367 citations

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  1. JA
    John A. Cooper

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    50 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. VM
    Velia M. Fowler

    Scripps Research Institute, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. AS
    Alla S. Kostyukova

    Washington State University, United States

    10 publications · 516 citations

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  4. DA
    Dorothy A. Schafer

    University of Virginia, United States

    10 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. TD
    Thomas D. Pollard

    Yale University, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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463

  1. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    38 h-index

    162 publications

    14.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    75 publications

    6.2K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    18 h-index

    47 publications

    4.9K citations

  4. Scripps Research Institute

    San Diego, United States

    15 h-index

    42 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    12 h-index

    44 publications

    5.2K citations

  7. Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    3.8K citations

  8. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, United States

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    5.8K citations

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  1. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 48 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 67 publications · 5K citations

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  3. Molecular Biology of the Cell

    MBC · 27 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Biochemistry

    16 publications · 812 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 13 publications · 1.3K citations

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