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Evolutionary diversification reveals distinct somatic versus germline cytoskeletal functions of the Arp2 branched actin nucleator protein

2023-02-27

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<h4>Summary</h4> Branched actin networks are critical in many cellular processes, including cell motility and division. Arp2, a protein within the 7-membered Arp2/3 complex, is responsible for generating branched actin. Given its essential roles, Arp2 evolves under stringent sequence conservation throughout eukaryotic evolution. We unexpectedly discovered recurrent evolutionary diversification of Arp2 in Drosoph...

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Literature Corpus work: 6f2fc940-3eca-57e1-89ff-503e6ba474fb
DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.25.530036

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