“…1a) that rearrange upon polymerization into F-actin. F-actin is the functional form of the protein (Pollard et al, 2000) and it is involved in many cellular processes, as muscle contraction, cell motility, cell division, vesicle and organelle movement, cell signaling, maintenance of cell junctions and cell shape (Gittes et al, 1993;Gov et al, 2006;Howard, 2001;Isambert et al, 1995;Jeon et al, 2008;Kojima et al, 1994;McCullough et al, 2008;Otterbein et al, 2001;Stricker et al, 2010;Tsuda et al, 1996;Yang et al, 2008).…”