During cell division, adherent animal cells round up to create the precise spatial geometry required for accurate chromosome segregation, a process that depends on the coordinated remodeling of the ...

Maintaining the shape of the cell, creating proper internal structure, guiding organelles and pulling chromosomes apart during mitosis are some of the important functions of the cytoskeleton. The ...

Viral infection induces cytoskeleton remodeling into cage-like structure. Virus infection can cause severe rearrangement of the cytoskeleton, and all three kinds of cytoskeleton form a cage-like ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this study we have used several complementary techniques to isolate and characterize a 72-kD polypeptide that is tightly associated with a ...

Researchers discover how outside stimuli drive the formation and reorganization of the cytoskeleton in the nucleus of mammalian cells. They play a leading role not only in muscle cells. Actin ...

A specific antibody against myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) was used to identify the presence of a Ca2+-calmodulin-activated MLCK in mouse T-lymphoma cells. With a double immunofluorescence technique ...

A defining characteristic of all cells is the plasma membrane, a thin layer of lipids that separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment. The plasma membrane is supported by the ...