Actin filaments are the smallest type, with a diameter of only about 6 nm, and they are made of a protein called actin. Intermediate filaments, as their name suggests, are mid-sized, with a ...
Numerous cell surface receptors modulate cellular motile functions through the control of dynamic actin polymerization. The status of cytoplasmic actin is sensed and communicated to the nucleus in ...
Jiu Y, Kumari R, Fenix AM, Schaible N, Liu X, Varjosalo M, Krishnan R, Burnette DT, Lappalainen P (2018): Myosin-18B promotes the assembly of myosin II stacks for maturation of contractile actomyosin ...