Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells, which form a barrier that defends the body from the outside ...

Our skin and mucous membranes protect us like vigilant sentinels against the onslaught of harmful pathogens. This extraordinary defense owes its strength to epithelial cells—specialized tissues woven ...

Spir proteins nucleate actin polymerization by assembling a linear actin oligomer along a cluster of four actin-binding WH2 domains, and this process is enhanced by formins of the Cappuccino family.

In cooperation with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPC) in Göttingen, researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have investigated the ...

Gamma-actin therefore confers increased rigidity to the apical membrane, forming a network of filaments that is stronger and stiffer than that made up of beta-actin filaments.