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  • Actomyosin in Muscle Contraction
    Life Sciences - 19 Jul 2023
    Actomyosin is a protein complex composed of actin and myosin. It is found in muscle fibers where it plays a role in muscle contraction.
  • What is the Actin Cytoskeleton?
    Life Sciences - 19 Jul 2023
    The actin cytoskeleton is essential for maintaining the shape and structure of cells, and enabling cell migration.
  • What are Actin Motor Proteins?
    Life Sciences - 24 Feb 2023
    This article describes the structure of the actin motor protein, myosin, and its utilization in normal cellular processes.
  • Why are Beta-Actin and GADPH Used as Controls in Western Blotting?
    Life Sciences - 14 Jan 2019
    Beta-actin is commonly used as a western blot loading control as is expressed within all eukaryotic cell types and is not affected by cellular treatments.
  • Macropinocytosis Pathway
    Life Sciences - 18 Jul 2023
    Endocytosis is the process by which cells take in molecules from their surroundings. Clathrin-dependent endocytosis requires the recruitment of clathrin to help curve the plasma membrane into the...
  • What are Loading Controls?
    Life Sciences - 7 Feb 2020
    Western bolting is a well-established method that is currently relied on in biology laboratories for determining the specific proteins and their abundance.
  • Cryo-electron Tomography Applications
    Life Sciences - 19 Jul 2023
    The applications of cryo-electron tomography (CET), a form of transmission electron microscopy, in microbiology, drug development and diagnostics.
  • What is a Cytoskeleton?
    Life Sciences - 19 Jul 2019
    The cytoskeleton of a cell helps provide shape, strength, and an organised structure to the cell. The cytoskeleton can be compared to a transport network facilitating various types of movement in the...
  • What is Mechanobiology?
    Life Sciences - 6 Jan 2020
    It is understood that biochemical signals affect cells, but recently it has been recognized that physical forces do too.
  • Using Imaging Flow Cytometry to Monitor Viral-host Interactions
    Life Sciences - 9 Sep 2019
    In this case study, researchers developed an imaging flow cytometry protocol to provide a high-throughput, robust method for studying virus-host interactions.

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