A model for actin polymerization and the kinetic effects of ATP hydrolysis.

Dynamic instability of microtubule growth

1984 • 3,187 citations

Fluorimetry study of N-(1-pyrenyl)iodoacetamide-labelled F-actin. Local structural change of actin protomer both on polymerization and on binding of heavy meromyosin.

1981 • 811 citations

Microtubule assembly nucleated by isolated centrosomes

1984 • 775 citations

A theory of linear and helical aggregations of macromolecules

1962 • 746 citations

Actin polymerization and its regulation by proteins from nonmuscle cells.

1982 • 739 citations

Head to tail polymerization of actin

1976 • 692 citations

Actin-binding proteins—regulators of cell architecture and motility

1982 • 468 citations

The kinetics of actin nucleation and polymerization.

1983 • 245 citations

Kinetics of the cooperative association of actin to actin filament

1975 • 244 citations

Kinetic evidence for a monomer activation step in actin polymerization

1983 • 206 citations

Interference of GTP hydrolysis in the mechanism of microtubule assembly: an experimental study.

1984 • 160 citations

Fragmentation of actin filaments

1982 • 150 citations

Evidence for an ATP cap at the ends of actin filaments and its regulation of the F-actin steady state.

1984 • 149 citations

Mechanism of K+-induced actin assembly.

1982 • 132 citations

The rate constant for ATP hydrolysis by polymerized actin

1984 • 127 citations

Polymerization of actin: mechanism of the Mg2+-induced process at pH 8 and 20 degrees C.

1983 • 123 citations

Role of the bound nucleotide in the polymerization of actin

1975 • 117 citations

Polymerization of actin and actin-like systems: evaluation of the time course of polymerization in relation to the mechanism

1983 • 115 citations

Monte Carlo study of the GTP cap in a five-start helix model of a microtubule.

1985 • 114 citations

Phase changes at the end of a microtubule with a GTP cap.

1984 • 96 citations

Introductory analysis of the GTP-cap phase-change kinetics at the end of a microtubule.

1984 • 76 citations

Polymerization of ADP-actin and ATP-actin under sonication and characteristics of the ATP-actin equilibrium polymer.

1985 • 65 citations

Rate constants for actin polymerization in ATP determined using cross-linked actin trimers as nuclei.

1984 • 56 citations

Theoretical treatment of microtubules disappearing in solution.

1985 • 49 citations

The interaction between ATP-actin and ADP-actin. A tentative model for actin polymerization.

1985 • 37 citations

Phase-change kinetics for a microtubule with two free ends.

1985 • 21 citations