Do actin isoforms have unique functionalities at the protein level?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. jervasti@umn.edu.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. akashina@upenn.edu.
³ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA. bperrin@iu.edu.

James M Ervasti et al. Nat Commun. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 7;16(1):2240.

doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57103-2.

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. jervasti@umn.edu.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. akashina@upenn.edu.
³ Department of Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA. bperrin@iu.edu.

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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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