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'''Filamentous actin'''('''F-actin''') is also referred to as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microfilaments/ microfilament] <ref> Microfilament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfilaments. Date accessed: March 16th, 2010. </ref> and is a highly conserved proteinous component | '''Filamentous actin''' ('''F-actin''') is also referred to as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/microfilaments/ microfilament] <ref> Microfilament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfilaments. Date accessed: March 16th, 2010. </ref> and is a highly conserved proteinous component found near ubiquitously in eukaryotic cytoskeletons. F-actin and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/actin/ actin] proteins generally provide a structural role to the cell. | ||
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The F-actin structure was discovered by Straub in 1942. The structure was deposited in the PDB databank in Decemeber 2008 by Oda et al. <ref> Oda T, Iwasa M, Aihara T, Maéda Y, and Narita A. 2009. The nature of the globular-to fibrous actin transition. Nature,457(7228):441-445. PMID: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158791/ 19158791]</ref>. | The F-actin structure was discovered by Straub in 1942. The structure was speculated based on a low-resolution x-ray crystallograph found in 1990 by Holmes et al. The structure was deposited in the PDB databank in Decemeber 2008 by Oda et al. <ref> Oda T, Iwasa M, Aihara T, Maéda Y, and Narita A. 2009. The nature of the globular-to fibrous actin transition. Nature,457(7228):441-445. PMID: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158791/ 19158791]</ref>. | ||
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