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Sarah L Guest, Katrina Velle, Samantha M Jacques…·Lillian K. Fritz‐Laylin
The paper shows that Myosin 2-driven actin contractility is present in Heterolobosea amoebae, not just Amorphea, and correlates with fast crawling.
Julio C. Fierro Morales, Thu A. Nguyen, Sabin Nepal…·Minna Roh‐Johnson
The paper shows that reducing cell-substrate adhesion in Dictyostelium increases migration speed, challenging the conventional focal adhesion model.
Annika L. Schroder, Livia D. Songster, Yahor Savich, Margaret A. Titus
This study shows that filopodia number affects chemotactic migration speed in Dictyostelium amoebae, but not directional persistence, suggesting a role in tuning cell-substrate adhesion.
Amy Crawford, Jessica K. Schwartz, Emerson Hall…·Margaret A. Titus
This study investigates the role of myosin-F-actin interactions in filopodia formation by analyzing the impact of a mutation in DdMyo7 and Myo10.