Evidence for biased bidirectional polymerization of actin filaments using heavy meromyosin prepared by an improved method.
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- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 67 (1), 231-237
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.67.1.231
Abstract
Isolated actin filaments decorated with HMM can grow by addition of actin monomers to either end, although there is a bias toward addition at the end which is normally attached to the Z line in striated muscle.Keywords
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