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We thank R. Dominguez, M. Ostap and M. Lampson for their helpful comments on this Correspondence. This work was supported by NIH grants GM70898 to T.S.
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Yang, C., Svitkina, T. Visualizing branched actin filaments in lamellipodia by electron tomography. Nat Cell Biol 13, 1012–1013 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2321
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