A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong has uncovered an unexpected interaction between chemotherapeutic agents and a ...

A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong has uncovered an unexpected interaction between chemotherapeutic agents and a ...

Microtubules are cylindrical polymers composed of alpha and beta tubulin. They are a major component of the cytoskeleton and mediate crucial cellular functions including formation of the mitotic ...

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 ...

This important work provides another layer of regulatory mechanism for TGF-beta signaling activity. The evidence supports the involvement of microtubules as a reservoir of Smad2/3 and additional ...

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that helps to stabilize the structure of neurons, specifically by supporting microtubules ... neurophysiological function, when it undergoes pathological ...

The key constituents of the cytoskeleton are actin filaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments. During cell adhesion, integrins are typically thought to require immobilized ligands for ...