Did ear sensory cell stereocilia evolve from gut microvilli? Date: January 25, 2016 Source: Cell Press Summary: Evolution likes to borrow. It can take an already-successful biological structure ...

Schillers, H., et al. (2015) PeakForce Tapping resolves individual microvilli on living cells. J. Mol. Recognit., doi: 10.1002/jmr.2510., Courtesy of Bruker Nano Surfaces Bruker’s BioScope ...

Structure of Brush Border Microvilli (IMAGE) Cell Press. Caption. This ... /Life sciences/Cell biology/Cellular physiology/Cell morphology/Cell structure/Cell membranes/ Microvilli ...

These actin filaments play an important role in giving cells their structure, enabling cells to move, and allowing the formation of specialized structures. Actin cross-linking proteins bind the actin ...

Actin filament nucleation is unfavourable; therefore, nucleation factors are required to initiate assembly of any actin-based structure 1. At present, there are three known classes of nucleation ...

Cell fate decisions mediated by Notch signalling generally involve direct cell–cell contact between adjacent cells. A new Arp2/3-dependent actin structure directs the Notch ligand Delta to ...

While functionally very different, the protein complexes that organize microvilli and stereocilia have striking parallels. Both papers appear Jan. 25 in Developmental Cell. Advanced Search ...