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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.
  • 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...
  • 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 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.
  • Cell-Matrix Adhesion Overview
    Life Sciences - 19 Jul 2023
    Tissue structures are determined by both cell-cell adhesion and cell-matrix adhesion, with the latter describing interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM). The ECM is the...
  • Single Molecule Experiments in Life Sciences
    Life Sciences - 19 Jul 2023
    Single-molecule experiments (SMEs) have contributed various tools to the build and design of highly sensitive and precise scientific instruments.
  • Cell-Cycle-Dependent Regulation of Cell Adhesions
    Life Sciences - 4 Apr 2023
    This article will describe recent studies which have expanded our knowledge of the role of focal adhesions in the cell cycle.
  • What is Tubulin?
    Life Sciences - 6 Feb 2020
    In molecular biology the term tubulin can refer to the protein superfamily or a specific protein within that family.

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