Nuclear actin and actin‐binding proteins in the regulation of transcription and gene expression

B Zheng, M Han, M Bernier, J Wen - The FEBS journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Nuclear actin is involoved in the transcription of all three RNA polymerases, in chromatin
remodeling and in the formation of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complexes, as …

Nuclear actin‐binding proteins as modulators of gene transcription

J Gettemans, K Van Impe, V Delanote, T Hubert… - Traffic, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic transformations in the organization of the cellular microfilament system are the
driving force behind fundamental biological processes such as cellular motility, cytokinesis …

Actin complexes in the cell nucleus: new stones in an old field

E Castano, VV Philimonenko, M Kahle… - Histochemistry and cell …, 2010 - Springer
Actin is a well-known protein that has shown a myriad of activities in the cytoplasm.
However, recent findings of actin involvement in nuclear processes are overwhelming. Actin …

Actin, actin-binding proteins, and actin-related proteins in the nucleus

I Kristó, I Bajusz, C Bajusz, P Borkúti… - Histochemistry and cell …, 2016 - Springer
Extensive research in the past decade has significantly broadened our view about the role
actin plays in the life of the cell and added novel aspects to actin research. One of these new …

Nuclear functions of actin

N Visa, P Percipalle - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Actin participates in several essential processes in the cell nucleus. Even though the
presence of actin in the nucleus was proposed more than 30 years ago, nuclear processes …

Actin in transcription and transcription regulation

F Miralles, N Visa - Current opinion in cell biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Recent research has provided convincing evidence that actin plays several important roles
in gene transcription. First, actin can bind transcription factors and determine their …

Co-transcriptional nuclear actin dynamics

P Percipalle - nucleus, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Actin is a key player for nuclear structure and function regulating both chromosome
organization and gene activity. In the cell nucleus actin interacts with many different proteins …

Nuclear actin extends, with no contraction in sight

T Pederson, U Aebi - Molecular biology of the cell, 2005 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Within the past two years, actin has been implicated in eukaryotic gene transcription by all
three classes of RNA polymerase. Moreover, within just the past year, actin has been …

Transcriptional control of gene expression by actin and myosin

E Louvet, P Percipalle - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a new turn in the field of gene expression regulation. Actin
and an ever‐growing family of actin‐associated proteins have been accepted as members …

Actin and ARPs: action in the nucleus

CA Blessing, GT Ugrinova, HV Goodson - Trends in cell biology, 2004 - cell.com
Actin is an ancient and abundant protein with well-established roles in fundamental
processes ranging from cell migration to membrane transport. Most eukaryotic cells also …