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Two protein factors which bind to, and induce gelation of, actin filaments were purified from Ehrlich tumour cells. Filamin induced Ca2+-insensitive gelation, whereas a new protein factor (‘actinogelin’) was found to induce Ca2+-sensitive gelation.
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Mimura, N., Asano, A. Ca2+-sensitive gelation of actin filaments by a new protein factor. Nature 282, 44–48 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/282044a0
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