Cell biology: actin keeps endocytosis on a short leash.

Curr Biol

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.

Published: July 2011

High-resolution structural analysis of branched actin networks at the sites of clathrin-mediated endocytosis sheds light on the role of actin in endocytosis and mechanisms controlling actin assembly.

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