The many faces of actin: matching assembly factors with cellular structures

By E. S. Chhabra, H. Higgs. Nature Cell Biology, 2007

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Stochastic mechano-chemical kinetics of molecular motors: A multidisciplinary enterprise from a physicist’s perspective (2012, background): “The actin-based protrusions of eukaryotic cells [1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022].”
Actin dynamics, architecture, and mechanics in cell motility. (2014, background): “Crosslinked networks are involved in controlling cell shape and mechanical integrity (64, 87, 98, 156, 254, 331).”
Cell motility through plasma membrane blebbing (2008, background): “…small GTPases and their downstream signaling cascades, resulting in distinct types of actin-rich invaginations or protrusions such as fi lopodia, lamellipodia, invadopodia, podosomes, phagocytic cups, and uropods that serve specialized biological functions (for review see Chhabra and Higgs, 2007 ).”
Filopodia: molecular architecture and cellular functions (2008, background): “The elongation of these filaments pushes the leading edge forward, and thus promotes cell migration or extensio”
Branching out: mechanisms of dendritic arborization (2010, background): “RAC1 and CDC42 activate the Arp2/3 complex, which binds to existing actin filaments and nucleates branched growth, whereas RHOA activates formins that mediate unbranched actin filament extensio”