Actin polymerization: forcing flat faces forward |
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| Authors: | Upadhyaya Arpita van Oudenaarden Alexander |
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| Institution: | Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Actin polymerization has been shown to be sufficient to propel curved objects, for example beads and vesicles coated with the Listeria monocytogenes protein ActA. Recent studies suggest that actin polymerization on flat surfaces can also provide the propulsive force to push them forward. |
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