Their functions are primarily mechanical and, as a class, intermediate filaments are less dynamic than actin filaments ... lamins are found in all cell types, where they form a meshwork that ...

Cell spacing is also critical to tissue function, so this geometry is precisely ... binds to adaptor proteins that connect to the actin filaments inside the cell. The extracellular portion of ...

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 ...

A previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome has been discovered – which could help drug delivery in cancer treatment.

As a grad student in cell biology ... cell’s actin polymerization machinery to construct a tail of actin filaments behind it (3). This process gives the bacterium a means to propel itself around and ...