Tropomodulins

Arit Ghosh; Velia M Fowler

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.055

Tropomodulins

Curr Biol. 2021 May 24;31(10):R501-R503. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.055.

Authors

Arit Ghosh¹, Velia M Fowler²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, 105 The Grn, 118 Wolf Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, 105 The Grn, 118 Wolf Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA. Electronic address: vfowler@udel.edu.

PMID: 34033779
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.055

Abstract

Arit Ghosh and Velia Fowler introduce the structural features and functions of tropomodulins - actin-binding proteins that cap the slow-growing (pointed) ends of actin filaments.

MeSH terms

Actin Cytoskeleton*
Actins
Microfilament Proteins
Tropomodulin*

Substances

Actins
Microfilament Proteins
Tropomodulin

Grants and funding

R01 HL083464/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States