Microfilaments, also called actin filaments, are protein filaments in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells that form part of the cytoskeleton. They are primarily...
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Protein filament (section Microfilaments)
of the cytoskeletons, the microfilaments contain the thinnest filaments, with a diameter of approximately 7 nm. Microfilaments are part of the cytoskeleton...
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Actin (redirect from Microfilament proteins)
Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils. It is found...
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Cytoskeleton (section Microfilaments)
in the various organisms. It is composed of three main components: microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules, and these are all capable...
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move, change shape, or transport materials. The motor structures are microfilaments of actin and actin-binding proteins, including α-actinin, fimbrin, and...
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inside plasma membrane) which attaches both cells' microfilaments. Desmosomes attach to the microfilaments of cytoskeleton made up of keratin protein. Hemidesmosomes...
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and bind on the cytoplasmic side to associated proteins attached to microfilaments of the cytoskeleton. The name integrin is based on the word integrate...
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thin. Filopodia are slender, thread-like, and are supported largely by microfilaments. Lobopodia are bulbous and amoebic. Reticulopodia are complex structures...
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Microfilaments and ABPs Intermediate filaments Microtubules and MAPs Catenins Alpha catenin Beta catenin APC Plakoglobin (gamma catenin) Delta catenin...
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membrane of the cell and is the primary area of actin incorporation or microfilament formation of the cell. Lamellipodia are found primarily in all mobile...
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categories based on their substrate: microfilaments or microtubules. Actin motors such as myosin move along microfilaments through interaction with actin,...
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because their average diameter (10 nm) is between those of narrower microfilaments (actin) and wider myosin filaments found in muscle cells, the diameter...
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cytoskeleton is composed of microtubules, intermediate filaments and microfilaments. In the cytoskeleton of a neuron the intermediate filaments are known...
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cytoskeleton that is made up of microtubules, intermediate filaments, and microfilaments, all of which provide support for the cell and are involved in the movement...
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auto- and transphosphorylate each other, leading to the formation of a microfilament-like complex called the necrosome. The necrosome then activates the...
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subunits. For example, many thousands of actin molecules assemble into a microfilament. A protein usually undergoes reversible structural changes in performing...
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polypropylene are sometimes added to better scrub out what is being cleaned. Microfilament polyester is used in some technical pipe cleaners because polyester...
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a more mature eel leaving Chekov's ear was simulated by threading a microfilament through the floor of the set up to Koenig's ear. The scene was filmed...
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doi:10.1016/S0012-1606(89)80058-2. PMID 2562830.; Anstrom, JA (1992). "Microfilaments, cell shape changes, and the formation of primary mesenchyme in sea...
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fibronectin, laminin, or other ECM components, and intracellularly to microfilament-binding proteins α-actinin and talin to link the cytoskeleton with the...
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encoded by the PALLD gene. Palladin is a component of actin-containing microfilaments that control cell shape, adhesion, and contraction. Palladin was characterised...
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elastic support for the cell membrane. It contains actin and myosin microfilaments. Amoebae form an outer zone of cytoplasm, known as ectoplasm, where...
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Intermediate filaments, along with tubulin-based microtubules and actin-based microfilaments, comprises the cytoskeleton. All IF proteins are expressed in a highly...
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it is a special type of government-issued paper, and second, it has microfilaments in the paper that glow in the presence of UV light. The laminated cover...
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GPIb/IX/V; GPVI; GPIIb/IIIa Sol-gel zone – rich in microtubules and microfilaments, allowing platelets to maintain a discoid shape Organelle zone – rich...
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Their spiny (Latin, spinosum) appearance is due to shrinking of the microfilaments between desmosomes that occurs when stained with H&E. Keratinization...
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which are bulges of cytoplasm formed by the coordinated action of actin microfilaments pushing out the plasma membrane that surrounds the cell. The appearance...
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Microfilaments and ABPs Intermediate filaments Microtubules and MAPs Catenins Alpha catenin Beta catenin APC Plakoglobin (gamma catenin) Delta catenin...
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1: Microfilaments 2: Phospholipid Bilayer 3: Integrin 4: Proteoglycan 5: Fibronectin 6: Collagen 7: Elastin...
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can be employed to achieve a similar effect by disrupting the actin microfilaments responsible for facilitating cytoplasmic movement. What is clearly visible...
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