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Modeling of the F-Actin Structure

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Regulatory Mechanisms of Striated Muscle Contraction

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Actin has been a major target for structural studies in biology since F. B. Straub discovered it in 1942.1 This is probably because actin is one of the most abundant proteins in the eukaryotic cell as well as a key player in many physiological events, ranging from genetics to motility.

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    Toshiro Oda & Yuichiro Maéda

  2. Actin-filament dynamics project, ERATO, JST, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan

    Toshiro Oda & Yuichiro Maéda

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Oda, T., Stegmann, H., Schröder, R.R., Namba, K., Maéda, Y. (2007). Modeling of the F-Actin Structure. In: Ebashi, S., Ohtsuki, I. (eds) Regulatory Mechanisms of Striated Muscle Contraction. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 592. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-38453-3_32

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