Plants contain highly divergent actin isovariants.

doi:10.1002/cm.970170403

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Plants contain highly divergent actin isovariants.

Cell motility and the cytoskeleton - 1 Jan 1990

McLean B G, Huang S R, McKinney E C, Meagher R B

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Actin protein isovariants have been identified in animals with distinct cytoplasmic or muscle specific patterns of expression. Analysis of vascular plant actin gene sequences suggests that an even greater diversity should exist within the plant actin protein families, but previous studies on plan...

Topics

Actins
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antibodies
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Peptides
Plants
Rabbits
Glycine max

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