Actin on multiple fronts to generate a muscle fiber

Dev Cell. 2007 Apr;12(4):479-81. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.03.011.

Abstract

How the actin cytoskeleton is harnessed to fulfill its diverse cellular functions is a recurrent and intriguing question. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Kim et al. and Massarwa et al. describe a new role for F-actin, and more specifically the actin regulator WASp, in myoblast fusion in Drosophila.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Actins / physiology
  • Animals
  • Drosophila Proteins / genetics
  • Drosophila Proteins / metabolism
  • Drosophila melanogaster / embryology
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics
  • Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / physiology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Models, Biological
  • Muscle Development*
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein / genetics
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein / metabolism
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Family / genetics
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Family / metabolism*

Substances

  • Actins
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • WASp protein, Drosophila
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Family