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Gliding motility

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Gliding motility is a form of actin-based motility in apicomplexans and diatoms that uses a large complex of proteins to link force generation by an internal actomyosin network to an external substrate. Other studies have shown more detail in this mechanism in the apicomplexa.

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Gliding motility Wikipedia