However, most animal cells have complex morphologies because the membrane adheres strongly to the cytoskeleton. In animal cells, movement of membrane into an endocytic vesicle or lamellipodium ...

After bacterial internalization, the host-cell actin cytoskeleton is returned to its ... the interactions of salmonellae with their animal hosts has advanced greatly over the past decade, mainly ...

Mitosis orchestrates eukaryotic cell division, maintaining genetic fidelity and playing a key role in development, tissue homeostasis, and cancer progression.

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 ...

Two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members are being honored by the Academy of Science - St. Louis for their ...

By isolating these proteins and visualizing their structures using electron microscopy, Letts’ work aims to reveal how they function in healthy and diseased cells. His lab studies these proteins in ...

Fritz-Laylin now wants to know whether similar signatures of coevolution hold up in other eukaryotic lineages, including in animal ... differences in cell shape and behavior,” Fritz-Laylin says, “and ...

Facundo’s lab studies B-cell biology and antibody responses, particularly B-cell receptor signaling dynamics, involvement of the cortical cytoskeleton ... focused on the molecular evolution of animal ...

He utilizes cell line and mouse models of MYC-driven lung cancer to focus ... By combining cutting-edge in vivo imaging techniques and advanced animal models, Matteo has made fundamental contributions ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

A team of researchers has outlined a new approach for better understanding the depths of animal consciousness, a method that may yield new insights into the similarities and differences among living ...

Cell-to-cell communication is essential throughout all forms and stages of life, and many communication mechanisms are well ...