Nanotube 3 (IMAGE)

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Nanotube 3

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Representative image showing the formation of a double filopodial bridge (DFB), one mechanism by which tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) can form. Filopodia from two amoeba cells (actin-labelled, blue and orange) come into direct contact with each other before forming a TNT. Scale bar: 10 µm.

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Harikumar R. Suma

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