Myosin II plays the most important role in cellular force generation. Myosin II molecules self-assemble into filaments with different structures depending on myosin II isoforms and other conditions ...

The team knew there had to be another process, because endothelial tip cells still migrated when they turned off actin polymerization in zebrafish in an earlier study. In the present study, they ...

Although the previous school of thought centers around cGMP pathways, calcium handling, and antioxidant capacity, new evidence illuminates excitation–contraction coupling and myofilament function as ...

In this review, we briefly describe the biological characteristics, composition, and uptake mechanisms of EVs ... including changes in lipid composition, actin-myosin contraction, and external signals ...

This gap formation is based on an actin–nonmuscle myosin contraction process at the margins of the cell. Analogous to smooth muscle cell contraction, phosphorylation of the myosin light chain (MLC) by ...

The myosin family of motor proteins use F-actin as a track upon which to move. For microtubules, the motors are members of the dynein or kinesin families. Further understanding of the mechanisms ...