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Mogilner A, Oster G. (2003) Force generation by actin polymerization II: the elastic ratchet and tethered filaments. Biophys J. 84:1591-605.

Dye NA, Pincus Z, Theriot JA, Shapiro L, Gitai Z. (2005) Two independent spiral structures control cell shape in Caulobacter. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102:18608-13.

Garner EC, Campbell CS, Mullins RD. (2004) Dynamic instability in a DNA-segregating prokaryotic actin homolog. Science. 306:987-9.

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