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Cytoskeletal control of surface membrane mobility

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Cytochalasin B induced redistribution of actin micro-filaments into a bulge of the cytoplasm, bringing cell-surface elements to the corresponding surface area. This process was reversible, inhibited by colchicine and enhanced by antibodies to cell-surface antigens.

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Sundqvist, KG., Ehrnst, A. Cytoskeletal control of surface membrane mobility. Nature 264, 226–231 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264226a0

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