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Cytoskeleton: actin and endocytosis--no longer the weakest link
1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA. rljeng@uclink.berkeley.edu
Current Biology : CB
|September 13, 2001
Abstract:
The actin cytoskeleton has long been believed to play a role in endocytosis, but its actual function in this process has been unclear. Now, three proteins that promote actin nucleation have been found to provide a link between the actin cytoskeleton and the endocytic machinery.