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

The findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, may improve some cancer treatments already ... and we were able to map their spatial positioning," Gong says. "We saw how the ...

The Supporting Information is available free of charge at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c07282. Simulation movie of FUS droplet wetting an actin filament ...

The coordinated assembly and disassembly of the neuronal actin cytoskeleton defines the range and complexity of morphologies in neurons like dendrite formation, spine development, and synaptic ...

The findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ... "We saw how the structure of fascin gives rise to its function as an actin bundler and figured out the detailed chemistry ...

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 ...

Scientists reveal how filopodia help cancer spread. The breakthrough could improve treatments that stop cancer cells from invading tissues.

Forget the traditional tubular shape—researchers are investigating a pearl-on-a-string formation for axons, unlocking new ...