Cordon-Bleu Is an Actin Nucleation Factor and Controls Neuronal Morphology
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Cordon-Bleu Is an Actin Nucleation Factor and Controls Neuronal Morphology
Despite the wealth of different actin structures formed, only two actin nucleation factors are well established in vertebrates: the Arp2/3 complex and formins. Here, we describe a further nucleator, cordon-bleu (Cobl). Cobl is a brain-enriched protein using three Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein homology 2 (WH2) domains for actin binding. Cobl promotes nonbundled, unbranched filaments. Filament...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.030