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FILAMENT ACTINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
CONT

Myosin molecules were known to be more complex: they have globular "head" domains that bind actin filaments and helical "tail" domains that self-associate to form bipolar myosin filaments.

PHR

An actin filament configures. (Random) clusters of actin filaments. (Dis)assembly, cross-linking, fragmentation, uncapping of actin filaments.

PHR

To move, (de)polymerize, sever an actin filament. To (un)cap a (short) actin filament.

Key term(s)
  • filamentous actin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
CONT

Les molécules de myosine ont une tête globulaire, qui se lie aux filaments d'actine, et une queue hélicoïdale. Les queues s'associent spontanément entre elles pour former des filaments de myosine bipolaires.

PHR

Allongement d'un filament d'actine. Décoiffage, dissociation, formation, fragmentation, (dé)polymérisation des filaments d'actine.

PHR

Agir sur les filaments d'actine. (Dé)coiffer (l'extrémité d')un filament d'actine. Couper, fragmenter un filament d'actine.

Spanish

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