Sentences with phrase «disassembly of actin filaments»
Inside the epithelial cell, the tail of E-cadherin binds to a protein called α - catenin, which recruits other proteins that spur assembly and disassembly of actin filaments and is absolutely critical for strong adherence between epithelial cells.
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«These findings demonstrate that efficient actin filament disassembly by GMF is essential for rapid dynamics of cell protrusions, and that this dynamics are important for cell migration in a three - dimensional tissue environment,» says Minna Poukkula from the research group of professor Pekka Lappalainen.
Generation of contractile actomyosin bundles depends on mechanosensitive actin filament assembly and disassembly.