Cell migration plays a central role in a wide variety of biological phenomena. In
embryogenesis, cellular migrations are a recurring theme in important morphogenic …

Introduction ment rate in such cells. In weakly adhesive, fast moving Most animal cell types
possess the capacity to move cells such as amoebae and white blood cells, the tail is over or …

Cell Movements vividly describes how complex movements can arise from the properties
and behaviors of biological molecules. This second edition is updated throughout with …

Filamins are large actin-binding proteins that stabilize delicate three-dimensional actin webs
and link them to cellular membranes. They integrate cellular architectural and signalling …

Filamins are a family of high molecular mass cytoskeletal proteins that organize filamentous
actin in networks and stress fibers. Over the past few years it has become clear that filamins …

▪ Abstract Crawling cells of various morphologies displace themselves in their biological
environments by a similar overall mechanism of protrusion through actin assembly at the …

Background: The microfilament system in the cortex of highly motile cells, such as
neutrophils and cells of the eukaryotic microorganism Dictyostelium discoideum, is subject …

Coronin was first isolated from Dictyostelium, but similar proteins have been identified in
many species and individual cell types. The coronin-like protein in yeast promotes actin …

Using both light and high resolution electron microscopy, we analyzed the spatial and
temporal relationships between the Arp2/3 complex and the nucleation activity that is …

To study the spatial and temporal regulation of the actin cytoskeleton, we have analyzed the
actin concentration dynamics in live Dictyostelium. The relative actin concentration was …