Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that helps to stabilize the structure of neurons, specifically by supporting microtubules, cylindrical structures that contribute to cell motility ...

Using a novel quantitative chemoproteomic strategy, a research group led by Prof. Wang Chu from the College of Chemistry and ...

In nondividing cells, microtubule networks radiate out from the centrosome to provide the basic organization of the cytoplasm, including the positioning of organelles. The protein actin is ...

The microtubule-associated protein XMAP215 promotes microtubule growth, but how this occurs has been unclear. To address this question, Gary Brouhard et al. developed a single-molecule ...

Asgard archaea may have led to the evolution of eukaryotic life ETH Zurich researchers identify actin and microtubule ...

Scientists from Germany and Italy have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells ...

HIV-1 Vif induces a unique and prolonged pseudo-metaphase arrest by disrupting phosphatase feedback regulation at the kinetochore.