Once
the actin filament network is fragmented, the bile will push the cell membrane into the cell, through the disrupted actin network.
Not exact matches
Actin is a filamentous protein, which together with other cytoskeletal elements forms a dynamic
network of
filaments that provide both structural support, as well as critical functional capabilities, to the cell.
Actin allows vital actions to be performed by assembling and disassembling itself spontaneously, continually and rapidly in the form of
filaments that organize themselves and form
networks of parallel bundles or intertwined meshes (known as lamellar
networks).
Derived from supramolecular chemistry [4], the new compounds synthesized by the researchers have original properties: within several minutes, they bring about the growth of lamellar
networks of
actin filaments.
Normally the
actin cortex is able to counter the forces applied to it, and even when some damage to the
network is incurred, it is quickly fixed by proteins that can reassemble the
actin filaments.
Immediately adjacent to the cell membrane is a
network of protein cables or
filaments known as the
actin cortex.
Actin, the protein that makes up the cytoskeleton, can form long
filaments that grow in one direction and
networks of
filaments.
Actin filaments form different polymer
networks with versatile mechanical properties that depend on their spatial organization and the presence of cross-linkers.
On the basis of analysis of this system, we proposed a model for filopodial formation in which
actin filaments of a preexisting dendritic
network are elongated by inhibition of capping and subsequently cross-linked into bundles by fascin.