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Shen et al. investigate how the actinnucleating protein WHAMM coordinates the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons during membrane remodeling. In the foreground, a 3D reconstruction shows the structure of WHAMM molecules (green) bound to a microtubule (gray). A single WHAMM molecule is colored pink. The background fluorescence image shows that WHAMM-decorated microtubules (green) can recruit lipid vesicles (red).
Image courtesy of Qing-Tao Shen.
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