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Orkun Akin

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Publications

9

Citations

952

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9

Active since

2008

Affiliations

Howard Hughes Medical Institute(Current)

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Francisco

University of California, Berkeley

Orkun Akin is an author at Howard Hughes Medical Institute specializing in life sciences, neuroscience, and neurobiology.

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Publications per year

2008–2022

9

Publications

9

Capping Protein Increases the Rate of Actin-Based Motility by Promoting Filament Nucleation by the Arp2/3 Complex

Orkun Akin, R. Dyche Mullins · Cell · 2008 · 271 citations · Full text

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Cell-type-Specific Labeling of Synapses In Vivo through Synaptic Tagging with Recombination

Yi Chen, Orkun Akin, Aljoscha Nern et al. · Neuron · 2014 · 210 citations · Full text

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WH2 and proline‐rich domains of WASP‐family proteins collaborate to accelerate actin filament elongation

Peter Bieling, Scott D. Hansen, Orkun Akin et al. · The EMBO Journal · 2017 · 100 citations · Full text

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Frazzled promotes growth cone attachment at the source of a Netrin gradient in the Drosophila visual system

Orkun Akin, S Lawrence Zipursky · eLife · 2016 · 85 citations · Full text

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Cell-type-Specific Patterned Stimulus-Independent Neuronal Activity in the Drosophila Visual System during Synapse Formation

Orkun Akin, Bryce T. Bajar, Mehmet F. Keleş et al. · Neuron · 2019 · 78 citations · Full text

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