Actin Retreats into Nucleus (VIDEO)

University of North Carolina Health Care

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Left: normal mesenchymal stem cell. Right: with cytochalasin D added, the actin fibers in the cytoplasm break down and reform in the nucleus and kick start the transformation of the stem cell into an osteoblast.

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