Microglia, the immune cells that protect the brain, are thought to maintain a healthy brain environment by removing unwanted substances through dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton, the cell's ...

Many aspects of plant development, including patterning and tropisms, are largely dependent on the asymmetric distribution of the plant signaling molecule auxin. Auxin transport inhibitors (ATIs), ...

Many amphibians and fish are able to change their color in order to better adapt to their environment. Scientists have now investigated the molecular mechanisms in the cytoskeleton necessary for this ...

News Release 12-Feb-2020 Lane change in the cytoskeleton Transport proteins can switch between microtubule network and actin network Peer-Reviewed Publication Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

The cytoskeleton of a cell helps provide shape, strength, and an organised structure to the cell. The cytoskeleton can be compared to a transport network facilitating various types of movement in the ...

Before a cut axon can attempt to grow, it first has to assemble a new growth cone at its tip. The mechanism leading to the assembly of a new growth cone includes the following events: membrane seal ...

In a 1960 lecture, cell and developmental biologist Paul A. Weiss encouraged his audience to think of the cell as an integrated whole “lest our necessary and highly successful preoccupation with cell ...

Researchers have identified KIF5A as a new gene associated with the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The discovery further implicates the role of cytoskeletal defects in the axon as ...