A cell responds to a chemotactic signal by activating actin polymerization and forming a protrusion oriented towards the source. Recent work shows that the activity of cofilin, a protein that creates new barbed ends for actin filament elongation, amplifies and specifies the direction of the response in carcinoma cells.
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