Eggs pop out of ovaries. But what propels them has been unknown. Now, researchers from the University of Connecticut explain in an article published in the September 18 issue of the Proceedings of the ...

No biological system has been studied by more diverse approaches than the actin-based molecular motor myosin. Biophysics, biochemistry, physiology, classical genetics and molecular genetics have ...

Your first instinct is to pull your head toward your shoulder, trying to lengthen your stiff, sore muscles. We’ve all been ...

Actin (red) interacts with myosin, shown in globular form (pink) and a filament form (black line). The model shown is that of H. E. Huxley, modified to indicate bending (curved arrow) near the ...

Hydra are small, invertebrate, predatory animals that live in water. They're tubular, radially symmetric and up to 10 mm long ...

An image more than three months in the making captured the precise moment brain tumor cells from mice interact, winning first ...

Maybe you are conscious about your thick thighs or eagerly want to get your back into better shape as soon as possible – ...

The award-winning image highlights the intricate details of two kinds of cells: a rounder, less specialized kind and longer, ...

However, how mechanical signals regulate naïve pluripotency is not well understood. Mechanical signals are relayed in part through cellular adhesions that anchor cells to each other and to their ...

In turn, the cytoskeleton relies on a type of actin protein, called filamentous or F-actin. It forms networks of thin, flexible filaments that affect the shape, stiffness, and movement of cells.

Our lab’s investigations of cardiac muscle contraction focus on the effects of cardiomyopathy-causing amino acid substitutions on myosin’s mechanical and ... We are also investigating actin filament ...