Physicists from the Universities of Bayreuth and Grenoble have discovered a new mechanism of cell mobility. Their findings ...

Woody et al. (2018) performed Monte-Carlo simulations with 75 myosin heads interacting with an actin filament or a regulated thin filament assuming a two-state cross-bridge model and a simple ...

The movement of cells in the human body – known as cell migration – is crucial for immune cells. These cells must move quickly and flexibly in different environments in order to fulfil their role as ...

Modulation of the myosin molecular motor has emerged as ... the MyBP-C links that connect them with the surrounding thin actin filaments.

Gamma-actin therefore confers increased rigidity to the apical membrane, forming a network of filaments that is stronger and stiffer than that made up ... Reference: “A feedback circuitry involving ...

Its dual interaction with actin filaments and microtubules highlights its essential role in cytoskeletal organization, such as cell division, apoptosis, and possibly tumorigenesis. However, the ...

A system of interdependence between various versions of the cytoskeletal proteins actin and myosin and their roles ... creating a stronger and stiffer filament network than that composed of ...