How do self-propelled treadmilling actin filaments drive cell morphogenesis? (IMAGE)

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

How do self-propelled treadmilling actin filaments drive cell morphogenesis?

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Researchers reveal how actin filaments spontaneously form and accumulate at cell protrusions, pushing the cell membrane outward, causing major changes to the cell’s shape.

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Mr. Kio Yagami and Professor Naoyuki Inagaki from Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

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