The Eps8/IRSp53/VASP Network Differentially Controls Actin Capping and Bundling in Filopodia Formation

Federico Vaggi; Andrea Disanza; Francesca Milanesi; Pier Paolo Di Fiore; Elisabetta Menna; Michela Matteoli; Nir S. Gov; Giorgio Scita; Andrea Ciliberto

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002088

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The Eps8/IRSp53/VASP Network Differentially Controls Actin Capping and Bundling in Filopodia Formation

Federico Vaggi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Federico Vaggi, Andrea Disanza

Affiliations IFOM Foundation, Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy, Microsoft Research-University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (CoSBi), Povo (Trento), Italy
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Andrea Disanza ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Federico Vaggi, Andrea Disanza

Affiliation IFOM Foundation, Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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Francesca Milanesi,

Affiliation IFOM Foundation, Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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Pier Paolo Di Fiore,

Affiliations IFOM Foundation, Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia ed Odontoiatria, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Elisabetta Menna,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia ed Odontoiatria, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Dipartimento di Farmacologia, CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Milan, Italy
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Michela Matteoli,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia ed Odontoiatria, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Dipartimento di Farmacologia, CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Milan, Italy
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Nir S. Gov,

Affiliation Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Giorgio Scita ,

* E-mail: giorgio.scita@ifom-ieo-campus.it (GS); andrea.ciliberto@ifom-ieo-campus.it (AC)

Affiliations IFOM Foundation, Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia ed Odontoiatria, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Andrea Ciliberto

* E-mail: giorgio.scita@ifom-ieo-campus.it (GS); andrea.ciliberto@ifom-ieo-campus.it (AC)

Affiliation IFOM Foundation, Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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The Eps8/IRSp53/VASP Network Differentially Controls Actin Capping and Bundling in Filopodia Formation

Federico Vaggi,
Andrea Disanza,
Francesca Milanesi,
Pier Paolo Di Fiore,
Elisabetta Menna,
Michela Matteoli,
Nir S. Gov,
Giorgio Scita,
Andrea Ciliberto

Published: July 21, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002088

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