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Engineered myosins drive filopodial transport

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Engineered, light-inducible artificial myosin motors enable selective and direct manipulation of filopodial extensions and provide refined tools to control intracellular cargo transport in vivo.

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Fig. 1: Inducible modulation of filopodial dynamics with engineered myosin motors.

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