Sentences with phrase «form of actin»

One such compound was docetaxel, an anticancer drug that binds tubulin, and the other jasplakinolide, which specifically binds the cytoskeletal form of actin.

Penn Vet researchers showed that differences in the order of nucleotides — not the amino acids — governed the distinct functions of two forms of actin.

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At the center of the discovery is a protein called actin, which forms fibers that span the cytoplasm of cells to create the cell's cytoskeleton.

When that protein is added to the receptor, the receptor gets taken out of its nanodomain and becomes caught up in the actin filaments that form the cell's cytoskeleton.

When the actin polymerization occurs at one spot on the surface of an autophagosome, which coincides with the location of WHAMM on these organelles, an actin comet tail is formed, and the rapid assembly / disassembly of the actin polymers «pushes» the autophagosome toward the lysosome for final processing.

Through live imaging, they found that a ring comprised of the protein actin forms between the two daughter cells to block cytokinesis from proceeding.

New research at Rice University suggests actin filaments that control the shape of neuron cells may also be the key to the molecular machinery that forms and stores long - term memories.

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).

The gene discovered in the research couples the exocytosis - regulating protein Sec10 with formin, a protein that regulates the remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton critical to forming cell shapes.

Szymanski and his fellow researchers found that actin fibers run throughout the cell, forming a network of long - distance «roadways» along which additional materials for the cell wall are transported.

«We were able to show by live cell imaging that polarization of the cell occurs after fertilization of the egg cell, and both MTs and F - actin play a role in inducing asymmetric cell division to form the plant's body axis,» says Ueda.

Actin, the protein that makes up the cytoskeleton, can form long filaments that grow in one direction and networks of filaments.

Pai and Kabsch were part of a group that collaborated to solve the first actin structure, a challenge because muscle proteins polymerize and don't form crystals.

Actin filaments form different polymer networks with versatile mechanical properties that depend on their spatial organization and the presence of cross-linkers.