Actin cytoskeleton: a team effort during actin assembly.

Curr Biol

Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, iRTSV, CNRS/CEA/INRA/UJF, Grenoble 38054, France.

Published: August 2012

Two recent studies highlight how tandems of previously described actin nucleators collaborate to produce new actin filaments. One key player in these collaborations is formin, which appears to function as a modulator of filament elongation.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.026DOI Listing

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