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Jasplakinolide, a cytotoxic natural product, induces actin polymerization and competitively inhibits the binding of phalloidin to F-actin by BUBB, M. R, SENDEROVICZ, A. M. J, SAUSVILLE, E. A, DUNCAN, K. L. K, KORN, E. D

“…Jasplakinolide, a naturally occurring cyclic peptide from the marine sponge, Jaspis johnstoni, has both fungicidal and antiproliferative activity. We now…”
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Inhibition of contractile vacuole function in vivo by antibodies against myosin-I by Doberstein, S. K, Baines, I. C, Wiegand, G, Korn, E. D, Pollard, T. D

“…Myosin-I is thought to supply the force for movement of cell membranes relative to actin filaments (reviewed in refs 1, 2), but confirmation of this hypothesis…”
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Actin polymerization and its regulation by proteins from nonmuscle cells by Korn, E D

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Plasma Membrane Association of Acanthamoeba Myosin I by Miyata, Hidetake, Bowers, Blair, Korn, Edward D.

“…Myosin I accounted for ∼2% of the protein of highly purified plasma membranes, which represents about a tenfold enrichment over its concentration in the total…”
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Functional analysis of tail domains of Acanthamoeba myosin IC by characterization of truncation and deletion mutants by Liu, X, Brzeska, H, Korn, E D

“…Acanthamoeba myosin IC has a single 129-kDa heavy chain and a single 17-kDa light chain. The heavy chain comprises a 75-kDa catalytic head domain with an…”
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Inhibition of actin polymerization by latrunculin A by Coué, Martine, Brenner, Stephen L., Spector, Ilan, Korn, Edward D.

“…Latrunculin A, a toxin purified from the red sea sponge Latrunculia magnifica, was found previously to induce striking reversible changes in the morphology of…”
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The Heavy Chain of Acanthamoeba Myosin IB is a Fusion of Myosin-Like and Non-Myosin-Like Sequences by Jung, Goeh, Korn, Edward D., Hammer, John A.

“…Acanthamoeba castellanii myosins IA and IB demonstrate the catalytic properties of a myosin and can support analogues of contractile and motile activity in…”
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Actin Polymerization and ATP Hydrolysis by Korn, Edward D., Carlier, Marie-France, Pantaloni, Dominique

“…F-actin is the major component of muscle thin filaments and, more generally, of the microfilaments of the dynamic, multifunctional cytoskeletal systems of…”
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Myosin I is located at the leading edges of locomoting Dictyostelium amoebae by Fukui, Y, Chicago, IL, Lynch, T.J, Brzeska, H, Korn, E.D

“…Movement of a eukaryotic cell along a substrate occurs by extension of lamellipodia and pseudopodia at the anterior and retraction at the posterior of the…”
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The localization and sequence of the phosphorylation sites of Acanthamoeba myosins I. An improved method for locating the phosphorylated amino acid by Brzeska, H, Lynch, T J, Martin, B, Korn, E D

“…The actin-activated Mg2+-ATPase activities of Acanthamoeba myosins IA, IB, and IC are expressed only when a single site in their heavy chains is phosphorylated…”
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The kinetics of actin nucleation and polymerization by Tobacman, L S, Korn, E D

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Interaction of plasma gelsolin with G-actin and F-actin in the presence and absence of calcium ions by Coué, M, Korn, E D

“…Plasma gelsolin formed a very tight 1:2 complex with G-actin in the presence of Ca2+, but no interaction between gelsolin and G-actin was detected in the…”
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The interfaces of actin and Acanthamoeba actobindin. Identification of a new actin-binding motif by VANCOMPERNOLLE, K, VANDEKERCKHOVE, J, BUBB, M. R, KORN, E. D

“…Actobindin is an 88-amino acid polypeptide, containing two almost identical repeated domains of 33 and 34 residues. Depending on the molar ratios in which they…”
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Differential Localization of Acanthamoeba Myosin I Isoforms by Baines, Ivan C., Brzeska, Hanna, Korn, Edward D.

“…Acanthamoeba myosins IA and IB were localized by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy in vegetative and phagocytosing cells and the total cell…”
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Evidence for an ATP cap at the ends of actin filaments and its regulation of the F-actin steady state by Carlier, M F, Pantaloni, D, Korn, E D

“…The correlation between the time courses of actin polymerization under continuous sonication and the associated ATP hydrolysis has been studied. ATP hydrolysis…”
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Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Deduced Polypeptide Sequence of a Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain Gene from Acanthamoeba: Evidence of a Hinge in the Rodlike Tail by Hammer, John A., Bowers, Blair, Paterson, Bruce M., Korn, Edward D.

“…We have completely sequenced a gene encoding the heavy chain of myosin II, a nonmuscle myosin from the soil ameba Acanthamoeba castellanii. The gene spans 6…”
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Fluorescence measurements of the binding of cations to high-affinity and low-affinity sites on ATP-G-actin by Carlier, M F, Pantaloni, D, Korn, E D

“…The binding of cations to ATP-G-actin has been assessed by measuring the kinetics of the increase in fluorescence of…”
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Biochemistry of Actomyosin-Dependent Cell Motility (A Review) by Korn, Edward D.

“…Actins and myosins similar to the major proteins of muscle are the major molecular components of intricate mechanochemical systems that perform numerous vital…”
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ATPase activities and actin-binding properties of subfragments of Acanthamoeba myosin IA by Lynch, T J, Albanesi, J P, Korn, E D, Robinson, E A, Bowers, B, Fujisaki, H

“…Previous studies had led to the conclusion that the globular, single-headed myosins IA and IB from Acanthamoeba castellanii contain two actin-binding sites:…”
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Purification and characterization of a third isoform of myosin I from Acanthamoeba castellanii by Lynch, T J, Brzeska, H, Miyata, H, Korn, E D

“…A third isoform of myosin I has been isolated from Acanthamoeba and designated myosin IC. Peptide maps and immunoassays indicate that myosin IC is not a…”
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