with more ATP-powered growth occurring at a filament's plus end (Figure 2). In many types of cells, networks of actin filaments are found beneath the cell cortex, which is the meshwork of membrane ...

Tight junctions (blue dots) between cells are connected areas of the plasma membrane that stitch cells together. Adherens junctions (red dots) join the actin filaments of neighboring cells together.

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

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 ...

Each type is specialised for a particular role ... which insulates the nerve cell and speeds up the nerve impulse. Muscle cells contain filaments of protein that slide over each other to cause ...

ALMA has revealed evidence of a new type of slim, filamentary structure that drives cycles of depletion and replenishment. At ...

Muscle cells are full of long protein filaments that can slide past each ... cytoplasm and mitochondria. Each type of cell has its own job to do. These cells have special features that allow ...

Breakthrough in Cytoskeleton Analysis The cytoskeleton is a network of protein filaments that supports ... expanding its application to different cell types and organisms, researchers hope to ...