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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Cytoskeletal Proteins > Microfilament Proteins > Actin Depolymerizing Factors
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Actin Depolymerizing Factors  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Actin Depolymerizing Protein
  • Actin Depolymerizing Proteins
  • ADF Proteins (Actin Depolymerizing Factors)
  • Cofilin
  • Cofilin Proteins
  • Cofilins
  • Depolymerizing Protein, Actin
  • Depolymerizing Proteins, Actin
  • Protein, Actin Depolymerizing

Scope note

  • A family of low MOLECULAR WEIGHT actin-binding proteins found throughout eukaryotes. They remodel the actin CYTOSKELETON by severing ACTIN FILAMENTS and increasing the rate of monomer dissociation.

History note

  • 2006(1981)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051339

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