cytoskeleton

Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.

Researchers use imaging to show how actin fibers tilt and then swirl to create left-right asymmetry in the cell.

Human lung cancer cells can form an invasive pack that coordinates its movement during metastasis.  

Human embryonic kidney cells use actin cytoskeletal networks to organize proteins on the surfaces of cell membranes.

Water-dwelling hydras may use the structural memory in their cytoskeletons to regenerate after being torn apart. 

A study provides the first visual evidence that cytofilaments tunnel through a cell’s nucleus to the extracellular matrix.

Applying a mechanical force that pulls on a cell stretches chromatin, facilitating transcription, scientists show.

Redirecting the gene-editing tool to modulate gene expression, researchers restore protein function in cells from a child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Actin—the bones of the cell—has a preference for swirling into a counterclockwise pattern.

Cytoskeleton specialist Alan Hall was best known for unpacking the roles of Rho GTPases.   

Ancient skeletons test positive for plague-causing bacteria.

Imaging cell cytoskeletons during early embryonic development leads researchers to uncover a new regulator of cell shape