Term Name: actin filament severing
Synonyms: actin filament severing activity, barbed-end actin capping/severing activity, F-actin severing
Definition: The process in which an actin filament is broken down into smaller filaments.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0051014]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: actin filament-based process
has subtype: actin filament debranching
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of actin filament severing
positively regulated by: positive regulation of actin filament severing
regulated by: regulation of actin filament severing