"Actins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Filamentous proteins that are the main constituent of the thin filaments of muscle fibers. The filaments (known also as filamentous or F-actin) can be dissociated into their globular subunits; each subunit is composed of a single polypeptide 375 amino acids long. This is known as globular or G-actin. In conjunction with MYOSINS, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle.
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D000199
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.730.250 D12.776.210.500.100 D12.776.220.525.255
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Actins" by people in Profiles.
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Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 03; 370(14):1287-97.
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Interaction of lipid-bound myelin basic protein with actin filaments and calmodulin. Biochemistry. 2000 Jul 04; 39(26):7799-806.