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Published in final edited form as: Mol Neurobiol. 2012 Sep 15;47(1):77–89. doi: 10.1007/s12035-012-8345-y

Table 1.

Functional families of actin-binding proteins in spines

	Function	Name (references)
ABPs regulating F-actin assembly	Monomer sequestration	*profilin* [162, 164, 165, 184]
	Depolymerization, severing	*ADF/cofilin* [30, 33, 137]
	Nucleation, branching	*Arp2/3 complex* [97, 149, 185]; *WASP* and *SCAR/WAVE[142, 146]; formins* [140]; *cortactin* [143]
	Capping	*Capping protein* (CapZ)[186]
ABPs regulating network superstructure	Bundling	*drebrin* [174, 176, 177]; *synaptopodin* [60, 124, 125]; *CaMKII* [117, 118, 119, 187]
ABPs regulating network superstructure	Cross-linking	*α-actinin* [108, 109, 112, 114, 188]; *filamin* [189]; *spectrin* [190]