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Speedy cells flex their muscles

Extra protein boosts pace of muscle cells on the move.

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  1. Peckham, M., Miller, G., Wells, C., Zicha, D. & Dunn, G.A. Specific changes to the mechanism of cell locomotion induced by overexpression of β -actin. Journal of Cell Science 114,1367- 1377 2001.

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Pearson, H. Speedy cells flex their muscles. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010329-10

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