An
actin-bundling protein from Dictyostelium discoideum present in filopodia
(Fechheimer, 1987),
contact regions (Fechheimer
et al, 1994)
phagosomes (Rezabek
et al, 1997;
Furukawa
& Fechheimer, 1994), the
cleavage furrow and the contractile vacuole (Haugwitz
et al, 1994).
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