Microfilaments, also called actin filaments, are protein filaments in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells that form part of the cytoskeleton. They are primarily...

of the cytoskeletons, the microfilaments contain the thinnest filaments, with a diameter of approximately 7 nm. Microfilaments are part of the cytoskeleton...

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...

in the various organisms. It is composed of three main components: microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules, and these are all capable...

move, change shape, or transport materials. The motor structures are microfilaments of actin and actin-binding proteins, including α-actinin, fimbrin, and...

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...

thin. Filopodia are slender, thread-like, and are supported largely by microfilaments. Lobopodia are bulbous and amoebic. Reticulopodia are complex structures...

and bind on the cytoplasmic side to associated proteins attached to microfilaments of the cytoskeleton. The name integrin is based on the word integrate...

inside plasma membrane) which attaches both cells' microfilaments. Desmosomes attach to the microfilaments of cytoskeleton made up of keratin protein. Hemidesmosomes...

Microfilaments and ABPs Intermediate filaments Microtubules and MAPs Catenins Alpha catenin Beta catenin APC Plakoglobin (gamma catenin) Delta catenin...

cytoskeleton is composed of microtubules, intermediate filaments and microfilaments. In the cytoskeleton of a neuron the intermediate filaments are known...

fibronectin, laminin, or other ECM components, and intracellularly to microfilament-binding proteins α-actinin and talin to link the cytoskeleton with the...

because their average diameter (10 nm) is between those of narrower microfilaments (actin) and wider myosin filaments found in muscle cells, the diameter...

categories based on their substrate: microfilaments or microtubules. Actin motors such as myosin move along microfilaments through interaction with actin,...

elastic support for the cell membrane. It contains actin and myosin microfilaments. Amoebae form an outer zone of cytoplasm, known as ectoplasm, where...

subunits. For example, many thousands of actin molecules assemble into a microfilament. A protein usually undergoes reversible structural changes in performing...

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...

complex inhibits myosin heads from binding to the active sites on actin microfilaments. Troponin also possesses a calcium ion binding site. These two regulatory...

inhibits cytoplasmic division by blocking the formation of contractile microfilaments. It inhibits cell movement and induces nuclear extrusion. Cytochalasin...

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...

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...

cytokinesis. The phragmoplast is a complex assembly of microtubules (MTs), microfilaments (MFs), and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) elements, that assemble in two...

polypropylene are sometimes added to better scrub out what is being cleaned. Microfilament polyester is used in some technical pipe cleaners because polyester...

Intermediate filaments, along with tubulin-based microtubules and actin-based microfilaments, comprises the cytoskeleton. All IF proteins are expressed in a highly...

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...

shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It may be attached to the microfilament cytoskeleton. GKRP competes with glucose to bind with GK, but inactivates...

Their spiny (Latin, spinosum) appearance is due to shrinking of the microfilaments between desmosomes that occurs when stained with H&E. Keratinization...

cascade. Spectrin and α-actinin-2 Found in several cytoskeletal and microfilament proteins. Maintenance of plasma membrane integrity and cytoskeletal...

elements include ribosomes, Golgi complexes, centrioles, microtubules and microfilaments. Kupffer cells also contain rough endoplasmic reticulum, a nuclear envelope...

GPIb/IX/V; GPVI; GPIIb/IIIa Sol-gel zone — rich in microtubules and microfilaments, allowing platelets to maintain a discoid shape Organelle zone — rich...