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 ...

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

Nuclear A-type lamins that form the nuclear lamina have been found to be upregulated in activated T cells and to promote F-actin polymerization via the linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) ...

In Hutchins v. HP Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed – with prejudice – the plaintiff's ...

Soneral's research interests include cell motility and the cytoskeleton and regulation of motor proteins in cilia/flagellar assembly. K.M. Cooper, P.A.G Soneral, and S.E. Brownell. 2017. Define your ...

In this manuscript the authors established a novel three-dimensional culture system for stratified epithelia that allows epithelial cells to undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ...

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz appointed Itamar Graf acting Director-General of the Defense Ministry on Thursday. Graf replaces Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir, who was nominated to become the ...

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 ...

Microplastics pose a threat to heart health, causing harmful changes in vascular cells and increasing the risk of ...