Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

Were some microtubules under evolutionary pressure to adapt, perhaps developing new functions ... comes from differences in cell shape and behavior,” Fritz-Laylin says, “and that’s controlled by the ...

renders prediction of how IS impairments may translate in defective function difficult to make. Figure 3. Molecular machinery controlling actin dynamics in T cells. Schematic view of the major ...

Every cell in the body normally has its fixed place as part of a tissue structure. Except for a few cell types, such as blood ...

Unloading and loading of mechanical stress are closely related to the differentiation and formation of osteoclasts and bone resorption function as well ... which involves the cell membrane, cytoderm, ...

Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

MHH research team disables tumour cells with synthetic Adhibin and prevents migration and attachment to other cells ...

Alushin's lab specializes in understanding the cytoskeleton—the network of protein filaments, including actin, that form a cell's infrastructure. Actin serves many functions: it provides cells with an ...

Several faculty at the University of California, Davis, are among the recipients of presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring and research announced by the White House Jan. 13 and 14. The ...

Methods: The effect of gliadin on the enterocyte actin cytoskeleton was studied on rat intestinal epithelial (IEC-6) cell cultures by fluorescence microscopy and spectrofluorimetry. Zonulin ...