Actin
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Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils. It is found in essentially all eukaryotic cells, where i
Fluorescence micrograph showing F-actin (in green) in rat fibroblasts
Structure of the C-terminal subdomain of villin, a protein capable of splitting microfilaments
Giant nemaline rods produced by the transfection of a DNA sequence of ACTA1, which is the carrier of a mutation responsible for nemaline myopathy
Position of seven mutations relevant to the various actinopathies related to ACTA1