Cells Reorganize Shape To Fit The Situation, Scientists Discover
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 15:49
in Physics & Chemistry
Flip open any biology textbook and you're bound to see a complicated diagram of the inner workings of a cell, with its internal scaffolding, the cytoskeleton, and how it maintains a cell's shape. Yet the fundamental question remains, which came first: the shape, or the skeleton? Now a research team has the answer: both.