Cytoskeletal Chirality: Swirling Cells Tell Left from Right

Alex Mogilner; Ben Fogelson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.039

Cytoskeletal Chirality: Swirling Cells Tell Left from Right

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Summary A new study reports that dynamic actin fibers in cells on circular islands self-organize into a swirling counter-clockwise pattern and describes a basic cytoskeletal mechanism for the establishment of left-right asymmetry that is based on myosin contraction and twisting of the formin-actin filament.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	11982
Pages (from-to)	R501-R503
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.039
State	Published - Jun 15 2015

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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