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Cell Chirality Offers Clues to the Mystery of Body Asymmetry
Cell Chirality Offers Clues to the Mystery of Body Asymmetry
Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.
Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.
cytoskeleton, cell & molecular biology
Infographic: The Emergence of Chirality in the Cell Cytoskeleton
Catherine Offord | Feb 1, 2022 | 1 min read
Researchers use imaging to show how actin fibers tilt and then swirl to create left-right asymmetry in the cell.
Image of the Day: Linked Out
The Scientist | Jan 25, 2017 | 1 min read
A study provides the first visual evidence that cytofilaments tunnel through a cell’s nucleus to the extracellular matrix.
The Handedness of Cells
Kerry Grens | Jun 17, 2015 | 1 min read
Actin—the bones of the cell—has a preference for swirling into a counterclockwise pattern.
Prominent Cell Biologist Dies
Kerry Grens | May 4, 2015 | 2 min read
Cytoskeleton specialist Alan Hall was best known for unpacking the roles of Rho GTPases.
Cell Change Up
Cristina Luiggi | Feb 9, 2012 | 3 min read
Imaging cell cytoskeletons during early embryonic development leads researchers to uncover a new regulator of cell shape