An Overview of Actin Structure and Actin-Binding Proteins.- An Historical Perspective of Actin Assembly and Its Interactios.- Divalent Cations, Nucleotides and Actin Structure.- The Helical Parameters of F-Actin Precisely Determined From X-Ray Fiber Diffraction of Well-Oriented Sols.- Analysis of Models of F-Actin Using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Spectroscopy.- Microscopic Analysis of Polymerization and Fragmentation of Individual Actin Filaments.- Two Conformations of G-Actin Related to Two Conformations of F-Actin.- Actin Structure Function Relationships Revealed by Yeast Molecular Genetics.- Actin-Binding Proteins: An Overview.- The ADF/Cofilin Familiy: Accelerators of Actin Reorganization.-Predicting Interaction Sites Between Glycolytic Enzymes and Cytoskeletal Proteins Employing the Concepts of the Molecular Recognition Theory.- Regulation of the Cytoskeleton Assembly: a Role For a Ternary Complex of Actin With Two Actin-Binding Proteins.- Actin Filament Networks.- Structure and Function of Gelsolin.- Arps: Actin-Related Proteins.- Control of the Actin Cytoskeleton by Extracellular Signals.-
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Actin is one of the most widespread proteins in eukaryotic cells. Each section includes an historical perspective and a detailed commentary on actin protein chemistry, molecular and cell biology of actin. This book will appeal to research scientists seeking contemporary overviews of actin and its binding proteins.