Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In ...

Actin serves many functions: it provides cells with an overall shape ... "A fascin protein can accommodate all kinds of imperfections. It acts like a molecular hinge that can hold a number of ...

The international team describes their results and the underlying molecular mechanism in Cell Metabolism. Ergothioneine is a natural compound found in certain fungi such as oyster or shiitake ...

clearly distinguishing intricate cellular structures such as nuclei and filamentous actin, and the Virtual Staining phase produces virtually stained images without fluorescent dyes, eliminating ...

Efficient cell migration is driven by a process known as actin polymerization in which the building blocks of the polymer actin join together to form filaments. Now, a team led by Li-Kun Phng of ...

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province ...

The Supporting Information is available free of charge at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c07282. Simulation movie of FUS droplet wetting an actin filament ...

Lower molecular weight contaminants were difficult to remove without significantly diluting ... Light grey columns are data acquired with bulk pyrene-actin based assays without profilin added. Medium ...