Efficient cell migration is driven by a process known as actin polymerization in which the building blocks of the polymer actin join together to form filaments. Now, a team led by Li-Kun Phng of ...

clarifying the high-resolution structure of the actin polymer for the first time, and polymerizing. (2)The mechanism to which protein CP (The capping protein: CapZ) adjusted the polymerization and the ...

Like other eukaryotic cells, neurons have a cytoskeleton that consists of three main polymers: microtubules (green), intermediate filaments (purple) and actin filaments (red). Microtubules emanate ...

Newly synthesized actin polymers at the leading edge (the pseudopod) protrude in the forward direction, while myosin-based contraction of the trailing edge facilitates substrate de-adhesion, resulting ...