The cytoskeleton of animal cells is one of the most complicated and functionally versatile
structures, involved in processes such as endocytosis, cell division, intra-cellular transport …

Actomyosin-mediated contractility is a highly conserved mechanism for generating
mechanical stress in animal cells and underlies muscle contraction, cell migration, cell …

Simple Summary The cytoskeleton is a network of protein fibres within cells that provide
structure and support intracellular transport. Focal adhesions are protein complexes …

Actin filaments assemble into diverse protrusive and contractile structures to provide force
for a number of vital cellular processes. Stress fibers are contractile actomyosin bundles …

It is a big challenge to design a biomimetic physical microenvironment with greater similarity
to in vivo tissue to observe real cell behaviors. We established a novel cell culture platform …

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Filamins are large actin-binding proteins that stabilize delicate three-dimensional actin webs
and link them to cellular membranes. They integrate cellular architectural and signalling …

Animal cell movement is effected through a combination of protrusive and contractile events.
Non-muscle cells contain stress fibres–bundles of actomyosin that are the major mediators …

Long-range, directed migration is particularly dramatic in the cerebral cortex, where
postmitotic neurons generated deep in the brain migrate to form layers with distinct form and …

We have previously isolated and crystallized a complex from calf spleen, containing actin
and a smaller protein which we call profilin. In this paper we describe some properties of this …