Researchers at Kanazawa University report in eLife on deciphering the actin structure-dependent preferential cooperative binding of cofilin. The actin filament is a double-stranded helical structure ...

Cells constantly probe their environments, searching for physical cues that guide their behavior. And yet a cell's response ...

From the first nerve signal to the final movement, your muscles rely on a complex chain of events involving nerves, proteins, and energy. Actin and myosin filaments slide past each other to create ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a previously unknown system inside cells that works like ...

Cells grow, change shape, move, and divide. They give structure to tissues, close wounds, and hunt down bacteria in the blood. This mobility is a prerequisite for a variety of essential biological ...