Actin-based cell motility is a complex process involving a dynamic, self-organizing cellular system. Experimental problems initially limited our understanding of this type of motility, but the use of ...

Depositphotos A closer examination revealed that the F-actin had messed up the cell’s recycling system. The researchers found that preventing F-actin accumulation, caused more autophagy in the brains ...

Myosin is a key molecular motor in eukaryotes from the plant and animal kingdoms. Interactions between myosin motor domains and actin filaments are powered by the turnover of ATP to generate force and ...

The dynamic processes that occur during the growth of actin, via polymerization, and the breakdown of actin both play significant roles in cellular mechanisms like migration and adhesion. Due to the ...

Researchers have visualized at the molecular level how formins bind to the ends of actin filaments. This allowed them to uncover how formins mediate the addition of new actin molecules to a growing ...

Metastases occur when cancer cells leave a primary tumor and spread throughout the body. For this, they have to break connections with neighboring cells and migrate to other tissues. Both processes ...

An electron microscopy study revealed key details of actin filaments, which are essential structural elements of cells and muscles. Actin filaments -- protein structures critical to living movement ...

A fluorescence micrograph of a cell showing the actin cytoskeleton (stained blue). Two RIKEN researchers have demonstrated a way to create ...

DMV crooner Tommy Richman may have recently insisted that he’s not JUST hip-hop, sparking the ire of some fans, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to find inspiration in the tropes of the ...

Living cells are highly organized, yet they are not assembled using rigid blueprints or by following a predetermined plan. Instead, order emerges on its own from countless interactions between ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energid today released version 5.5 of the Actin ® software development kit (SDK), an even more powerful and easier-to-use version of the industry’s only real-time ...