Cease-fire at the leading edge: new perspectives on actin filament branching, debranching, and cross-linking.

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Published in Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) on October 28, 2011

Authors

Casey A Ydenberg1, Benjamin A Smith, Dennis Breitsprecher, Jeff Gelles, Bruce L Goode

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA.

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