To preserve proper tissue architecture ... humans alone have over 20 different kinds of integrins. Integrins link the actin cytoskeleton of a cell to various external structures.

The actin cytoskeleton provides force for a large number of cellular ... At BI he is affiliated to Cell and Tissue Dynamics and Structural and Quantitative Biology Research Programs.

F-actin is a key regulator of cellular architecture and how appropriate ... "I started with a molecule that had a function in one tissue, and I thought the function had to happen in these other ...

Implantation is the initial step in pregnancy, where the embryo attaches to and enters the endometrium, the inner tissue layer of ... for egg implantation, the actin in the cell's nucleus ...

Normally actin lines the portion of the intestinal ... Invasive cells with these protrusions expand out in to the surrounding tissue stroma (arrows). The green structure on the top of the movie ...

Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, demonstrate how morphogens combined with cell adhesion can generate tissue domains with a sharp boundary in an in ...

The spatiotemporal balance of surface proteins such as receptors, transporters and adhesion molecules is essential for cellular and tissue homeostasis ... of all types of endocytosis is the use of ...