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Cappin' or formin': Formin and capping protein competition for filament ends shapes actin networks.

Vladimir Sirotkin
Published in: The Journal of cell biology (2023)
How cells assemble distinct actin networks from shared cytoplasmic components remains an important unresolved question. In this issue, Wirshing et al. (2023. J. Cell Biol.https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202209105) demonstrate how capping protein and formin competition for actin filament barbed ends controls the assembly of branched and linear actin networks.
Keyphrases
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