JOURNAL #10 -VOCABULARY
ACTIN TREADMILLING
Constant removal of actin monomers from filament pointed ends and their reincorporation at barbed ends are required for the cell mobility.
FORMINS
Formins are a collection of proteins involved in actin polymerization and associated with actin filaments' fast-growing end (barbed end).
Cofilin
Cofilin is an actin-binding protein that controls filament depolymerization and dynamics.
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