Induction of Filopodia (VIDEO)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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Aberrant filopodia are induced by co-expression of fluorescently labeled Cdc42 and non-fluorescent IRSp53. Fluorescence shows the cell shape, because Cdc42 localizes to the plasma membrane.

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Tatyana Svitkina, Ph.D., and Changsong Yang, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania

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