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Gillian Nicole Fitz

Vanderbilt UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5995-6918Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Matthew J. TyskaiD· 1 shared

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2024-2024 · peak 1/yr

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Molecular counting of myosin force generators in growing filopodia

Gillian Nicole Fitz, Matthew J. Tyska

The paper counts membrane-bound myosin motors in growing filopodia and finds their number is log-normally distributed, suggesting myosins contribute significant force comparable to actin polymerization.

Journal of Biological Chemistry · Oct 30, 2024Peer-reviewedCell Biology