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Abstract
A family of low MOLECULAR WEIGHT actin-binding proteins found throughout eukaryotes. They remodel the actin CYTOSKELETON by severing ACTIN FILAMENTS and increasing the rate of monomer dissociation.
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- ADF Proteins (Actin Depolymerizing Factors)
- Actin Depolymerizing Protein
- Actin Depolymerizing Proteins
- Cofilin
- Cofilin Proteins
- Cofilins
- Depolymerizing Factors, Actin
- Depolymerizing Protein, Actin
- Depolymerizing Proteins, Actin
- Protein, Actin Depolymerizing
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2006(1981)
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- National Library of Medicine. Actin Depolymerizing Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051339. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051339
- Actin Depolymerizing Factors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADF/Cofilin_family
- Actin Depolymerizing Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24786722