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Cláudia Brito1,2, Sandra Sousa1

  • 1Group of Cell Biology of Bacterial Infections, i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, IBMC, Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.

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NM2A activity regulationNM2A filament assemblyactomyosin cytoskeletoncell adhesioncell migrationnon-muscle myosin 2A (NM2A)plasma membrane blebbing

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