The cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells is made ... Microtubules are the largest type of filament, with a diameter of about 25 nanometers (nm), and they are composed of a protein called tubulin.

Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton is written for students ... because the material presented on motor and cytoskeletal filaments is quite amenable to quantitative problem solving.

Actin proteins group together to form a network of thin filaments that spread throughout a cell. This actin network is dynamic, meaning that the filaments can either grow or shrink to fit the ...

They may also notice the movement of different cytoskeleton filaments within the cell, representing vesicle transport within the cell. This is especially true near the center of the cell, the location ...

Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

[1] The eukaryotic cell cytoskeleton consists of three distinct species of filamentous structures: microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules, composed mainly of actin, vimentin ...

My current research includes building coarse-grained models and simulations of cytoskeletal filaments and their associated motor proteins with the aim of better understanding the role of cytoskeleton ...

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

Caltech researchers demonstrated a new method to use light to control active matter—a kind of material made up of individual ...

It captures the key aspects of a natural cytoskeleton, it bundles up to form fibrous structures which are about the same size as the filaments in a natural cytoskeleton, and it can deform when ...

We recently discovered that these structures are essential for the establishment of reticular adhesions. In our lab, we aim to elucidate the interplay of clathrin structures with the actin ...