Actomyosin Dynamics Determine the Extension and Retraction of Filopodia on Neuronal Dendrites
Olena O Marchenko, Sulagna Das, Ji Yu, Igor L Novak, Vladimir I Rodionov, Nadia Efimova, Tatiana Svitkina, Charles W Wolgemuth, Leslie M Loew
The paper shows that actomyosin dynamics explain filopodia extension and retraction in neurons through a model validated by experimental perturbations.
Molecular Biology of the Cell · Apr 15, 2017Peer-reviewedBiophysics