The introduction of high-resolution time lapse imaging and molecular biological tools has
changed dramatically the rate of progress towards the understanding of the complex …

Dendritic spines are small actin-rich protrusions from neuronal dendrites that form the
postsynaptic part of most excitatory synapses and are major sites of information processing …

Calponin is an actin filament-associated regulatory protein expressed in smooth muscle and
many types of non-muscle cells. Three homologous genes, CNN1, CNN2 and CNN 3 …

Dendritic spines are the postsynaptic receptive regions of most excitatory synapses, and
their morphological plasticity play a pivotal role in higher brain functions, such as learning …

Actin-activated myosin II motor function powers muscle contraction and nonmuscle cell
motility. The actin-myosin-derived contractility has evolved with a great diversity in different …

Drebrin A, one of the most abundant neuron-specific F-actin-binding proteins, is found
exclusively in dendrites and is particularly concentrated in dendritic spines receiving …

Thanks to mechanotransductive components cells are competent to perceive nanoscale
topographical features of their environment and to convert the immanent information into …

Abstract Syntaxin-binding protein 1 (STXBP1; also called MUNC18–1), encoded by
STXBP1, is an essential component of the molecular machinery that controls synaptic …

In studying the differentiation of stem cells along smooth muscle lineage, smooth muscle cell
(SMC) contractile proteins serve as markers for the relative state of maturation. Yet, recent …

Calponin is an actin filament-associated regulatory protein expressed in smooth muscle and
non-muscle cells. Calponin is an inhibitor of the actin-activated myosin ATPase. Three …