Filopodium

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A slender filamentous pseudopodium with a pointed end, branched or unbranched, consisting mostly of ectoplasm. A filopodium is usually supported by microfilaments and is dependent on actin.

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Mallavarapu, A & T Mitchison (1999), Regulated actin cytoskeleton assembly at filopodium tips controls their extension and retraction. J. Cell Biol. 146: 1097-1106.

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