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  • Title: Wound healing: The power of the purse string.
    Author: Kiehart DP.
    Journal: Curr Biol; 1999 Aug 26; 9(16):R602-5. PubMed ID: 10469588.
    Abstract:
    Recently, Xenopus oocytes have been shown to repair wounds using a contractile system composed of actin and myosin-II. The work underscores the importance of actin-based myosin-II contractility in cellular and supracellular 'purse strings' that function in diverse biological processes.
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