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Structure and function of Plasmodium actin II in the parasite mosquito stages.
PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Actins are filament-forming, highly-conserved proteins in eukaryotes. They are involved in essential processes in the cytoplasm and also have nuclear functions.
Andrea J Lopez +10 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 The cytoplasmic actin isoforms (β- and γ-actins) contribute greatly to cellular processes such as cel-cell and cell-matrix interactions, as well as cell polarization, motility and division. Distinct isoforms modulations are linked to serious pathologies,
V. B. Dugina +3 more
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Cytoplasmic actin is an extracellular insect immune factor which is secreted upon immune challenge and mediates phagocytosis and direct killing of bacteria, and is a Plasmodium Antagonist. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2015 Actin is a highly versatile, abundant, and conserved protein, with functions in a variety of intracellular processes. Here, we describe a novel role for insect cytoplasmic actin as an extracellular pathogen recognition factor that mediates antibacterial ...
Simone L Sandiford +5 more
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Structural and Phylogenetic Profiles of Muscle Actins from Cephalopods
, 2021 Structural properties of cephalopod muscle actins have not been characterized in detail to date. Sequences of these actins have been determined by cDNA cloning from the arm muscles of four cephalopod species, namely, Japanese common squid Todarodes ...
Y. Ochiai, G. Wang, S. Watabe
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The Cytoplasmic Actins in the Regulation of Endothelial Cell Function
, 2021 The primary function of the endothelial cells (EC) lining the inner surface of all vessels is to regulate permeability of vascular walls and to control exchange between circulating blood and tissue fluids of organs.
Irina B. Alieva +3 more
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Bacterial Actins and Their Diversity [PDF]
, 2013 For many years, bacteria were considered rather simple organisms, but the dogmatic notion that subcellular organization is a eukaryotic trait has been overthrown for more than a decade.
Komeili, Arash +2 more
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The Role of non-muscle actin paralogs in cell cycle progression and proliferation
European Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 Uncontrolled cell proliferation leads to several pathologies, including cancer. Thus, this process must be tightly regulated. The cell cycle accounts for cell proliferation, and its progression is coordinated with changes in cell shape, for which ...
Estera Jeruzalska, Antonina J. Mazur
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Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2016 Organisms from all domains of life depend on filaments of the protein actin to provide structure and to support internal movements. Many eukaryotic cells use forces produced by actin polymerization for their motility, and myosin motor proteins use ATP hydrolysis to produce force on actin filaments.
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Purification of Human Cytoplasmic Actins From Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bio-Protocol, 2023 Eukaryotic cells rely on actin to support cellular structure, motility, transport, and a wide variety of other cytoplasmic functions and nuclear activities.
Brian Haarer +2 more
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