But in 2008, Mukherjee stumbled across a new and much faster way to cause intracellular mayhem. Studying bacterial interactions with actin is still throwing up new mysteries. These microbes all enjoy ...

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 ...

These protrusive structures contain actin filaments, with elongating barbed ends orientated toward the plasma membrane. (B) During cellular arm extension, the plasma membrane sticks to the surface ...