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The 24 pages that link to Actin, each with the reason it gives.

• Skeletal muscleBroader topic: Actin filaments provide the tracks that myosin pulls during contraction.

• PhagocytosisRelated: Actin remodeling drives the membrane extensions that enclose particles.

• Muscle contractionRelated: Thin filaments supply the track that myosin pulls during contraction.

• Smooth muscleRelated: Smooth-muscle actin filaments anchor to dense bodies and interact with myosin.

• CytoskeletonBroader topic: Actin is the molecular subunit of the cytoskeleton’s thinnest major filaments.

• MyosinNarrower topic: Actin filaments provide the track and mechanical partner for myosin.

• Cardiac muscleRelated: Thin actin filaments slide past myosin during cardiac muscle contraction.

• SarcomereRelated: Thin filaments anchored at Z discs provide the tracks myosin pulls.

• Vascular smooth muscleRelated: Actin filaments interact with myosin to generate force in vascular smooth-muscle cells.

• Albert Szent-GyörgyiBroader topic: His laboratory helped reveal actin’s interaction with myosin in muscle.

• ChoanoflagellateRelated: Actin supports microvilli and helps reshape the cell during particle engulfment.

• Sliding filament theoryBroader topic: Its thin filaments move relative to myosin during contraction.

• AmoebaRelated: Actin rearrangement helps drive the shape changes behind amoeboid movement.

• ApicomplexaRelated: Apicomplexan actin contributes to the motor system that powers gliding and invasion.

• Actin filamentNarrower topic: Actin monomers are the repeating subunits of the filament.

• Congenital myopathyRelated: ACTA1 variants can disrupt thin filaments and cause congenital weakness.

• Cytoplasmic streamingRelated: Actin filaments provide tracks and force-bearing structures for streaming.

• AmoebozoaRelated: Actin rearrangement helps amoebozoan cells extend and retract pseudopodia.

• Amoeboid movementNarrower topic: Its dynamic filaments form the protrusive framework behind many amoeboid movements.

• MyofibrilBroader topic: Thin actin filaments slide toward sarcomere centers during contraction.

• Cell junctionRelated: Actin links adherens junctions and focal adhesions to cellular force.

• Muscular systemBroader topic: Its filaments interact with myosin during muscle contraction.

• FilastereaRelated: Actin filaments build the filopodia characteristic of filasterean cells.

• Muscle cellBroader topic: Actin filaments slide past myosin filaments during contraction.