A new electron cryomicroscopic reconstruction of an actin-scruin bundle from Limulus sperm reveals details about the enormous structural plasticity within F-actin. The twist and tilt of the actin subunits show very large deviations from ideal F-actin, providing clues about actin dynamics.
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