Filopodia can pull objects
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Summary
Title | Filopodia can pull objects |
Description | After a filopodium binds to an object, retrograde actin movement and myosin motor activity provide the force(s) needed for pulling the object towards the cell body. Once pulling starts, the initial slow movement (#1) is followed by a burst of rapid movement (#2) that diminishes as the object reaches the cell body (#3) [2]. |
Date | 2011 |
Author | Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Illustrator: Pham Thi Phuong Thao |
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