F-actin Nucleus Structure (IMAGE)

Rice University

F-actin Nucleus Structure

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To decipher the structure of the F-actin nucleus, researchers used a dual-mutant strategy. They created two mutant versions of actin monomers that could bind together to form a nucleus but could not bind with additional monomers to form the F-actin polymer chain.

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J. Ma/Rice University

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