Open AccessThe glue that builds bristles
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1626iti3
Subject(s) - bristle , biology , actin , bent molecular geometry , guild , microbiology and biotechnology , anatomy , materials science , composite material , ecology , brush , habitat
![Graphic][1] A bent actin cable reveals overlapping bundles.An actin cable is the sum of its parts, according to Guild et al. ([page 1069][2]), who find that short bundles of actin filaments are grafted together to form extra long actin cables in fly bristle cells.Bristle cells,
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