Science news articles about 'actin binding protein'

... are stabilized by their association with members of the tropomyosin and tropomodulin families of actin-binding proteins. In mice lacking tropomodulin1, gamma-tropomyosin was also lost from the ...

... researchers tug on a bead attached to the second filament, the bond mediated by the actin-binding protein eventually breaks. With this technique, the researchers can get a precise measurement of the ...

... did find, however, that many genes important for cell motility, such as actin-binding proteins and matrix metalloproteinases, were expressed at lower levels in fibroblasts lacking Snail1. Cells ...

... , along with Dr. Masahide Takahashi and other colleagues, found that DISC1 interacts with the actin-binding protein Girdin to regulate the development of nerve cell processes called axons. Girdin was ...