An electron microscopy study revealed key details of actin filaments, which are essential structural elements of cells and muscles. Actin filaments -- protein structures critical to living movement ...

In a new study, University of Maryland researchers have demystified the process by which cells receive their shape—and it all starts with a protein called actin. Actin is a key component of the ...

We demonstrate that the phase separation of a protein facilitating actin polymerization (VASP) is crucial for the treadmilling of actin filaments. Phase separation enhances the formation and ...

Actin filaments—protein structures critical to living movement from single cells to animals—have long been known to have polarity associated with their physical characteristics, with growing "barbed" ...