Nature Communications (May 2022)

Cofilactin filaments regulate filopodial structure and dynamics in neuronal growth cones

  • Ryan K. Hylton,
  • Jessica E. Heebner,
  • Michael A. Grillo,
  • Matthew T. Swulius

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30116-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this manuscript the authors show that Filopodia switch between bundles of fascin-crosslinked actin and cofilin-decorated filaments, which exclude fascin binding due to altered structure and packing, as well as affect filopodial searching dynamics.