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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2016

Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins.

Thomas D Pollard

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 490 papers.

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490citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

490 citing papers in PubMed, 879 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Expulsion of nuclear DNA to the cytoplasm after viral entry: A mechanism for activation of the cGAS pathway.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Seminal Analysis and Testicular RNA Sequencing of a Ram with Low Fertility.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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430 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas D PollardDepartments of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8103.
Yale University · US

Funding

Structure and function of Arp 2/3 complex--Subproject 4P01GM066311 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, RONG · 2003 to 2013
$16.8M
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR MOTILITYR01GM026338 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI POLLARD, THOMAS D. · 1985 to 2020
$9.8M
Mechanism of cytokinesis in fission yeastR01GM026132 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI POLLARD, THOMAS D. · 1985 to 2021
$8.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM066311NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM026132NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM026338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organisms from all domains of life depend on filaments of the protein actin to provide structure and to support internal movements. Many eukaryotic cells use forces produced by actin polymerization for their motility, and myosin motor proteins use ATP hydrolysis to produce force on actin filaments. Actin polymerizes spontaneously, followed by hydrolysis of a bound adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Dissociation of the γ-phosphate prepares the polymer for disassembly. This review provides an overview of the properties of actin and shows how dozens of proteins control both the assembly and disassembly of actin filaments. These players catalyze nucleotide exchange on actin monomers, initiate polymerization, promote phosphate dissociation, cap the ends of polymers, cross-link filaments to each other and other cellular components, and sever filaments.

Indexed as

ActinsAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsCatalysisHydrolysisPolymerizationProtein BindingActinsAdenosine Triphosphate

Identifiers

PMID26988969
PMCPMC4968159
OpenAlexW51164494

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