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The Potential Roles of Actin in The Nucleus

Over the past few decades, actin’s presence in the nucleus has been demonstrated. Actin is a key protein necessary for different nuclear processes. Although actin is well known for its functional role in dynamic behavior of the cytoskeleton, emerging studies are now highlighting new roles for actin....

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Autores principales: Falahzadeh, Khadijeh, Banaei-Esfahani, Amir, Shahhoseini, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royan Institute 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870830
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Sumario:Over the past few decades, actin’s presence in the nucleus has been demonstrated. Actin is a key protein necessary for different nuclear processes. Although actin is well known for its functional role in dynamic behavior of the cytoskeleton, emerging studies are now highlighting new roles for actin. At the present time there is no doubt about the presence of actin in the nucleus. A number of studies have uncovered the functional involvement of actin in nuclear processes. Actin as one of the nuclear components has its own structured and functional rules, such as nuclear matrix association, chromatin remodeling, transcription by RNA polymerases I, II, III and mRNA processing. In this historical review, we attempt to provide an overview of our current understanding of the functions of actin in the nucleus.