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Filopodia (sg.: filopodium) are
slender cytoplasmic projections that
extend beyond the
leading edge of
lamellipodia in
migrating cells.
Within the lamellipodium...
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Dendritic filopodia are small,
membranous protrusions found primarily on
dendritic stretches of
developing neurons.
These structures may
receive synaptic...
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classified by
their distinct appearances.
Lamellipodia are
broad and thin.
Filopodia are slender, thread-like, and are
supported largely by microfilaments...
- The fine
extensions of the
growth cone are
pointed filopodia known as microspikes. The
filopodia are like the "fingers" of the
growth cone; they contain...
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characterized by a
small round cell body and a
network of thin and very long
filopodia that can
reach up to a mm in diameter.
Kraken amoebae feed on bacteria...
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Fimbrin is an
actin cross-linking
protein important in the
formation of
filopodia.
Fimbrin belongs to the
calponin homology (CH)
domain superfamily of actin...
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characterized by simple,
spherical or
flattened single-celled
bodies with
filopodia (fine, thread-like pseudopods),
covered by a
mucous coat. They lack flagella...
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migration in
different ways, with the most
important ones
being lamellipodia,
filopodia,
invadopodia and blebs. A
meshwork of
actin filaments marks the forward...
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morphology controlled by Rho
proteins is the
formation of
lamellipodia and
filopodia,
projecting processes that look like "fingers" or "feet" and
often propel...
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cytoskeleton Cell
movement flagella flagella and cilia;
lamellipodia and
filopodia Mitochondria none one to
several thousand Chloroplasts none in
algae and...
