THE POLYMERIZATION OF PROTEINS
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- 20 May 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 33 (5) , 437-443
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.33.5.437
Abstract
It was found that actin solutions contain ATP. Experiments in which hexokinase and creatine were added to actin show that the ensuing dephosphorylation of ATP affects actin so that it will not polymerize.Keywords
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