Actin Networks: Adapting to Load through Geometry

Klemens Rottner; Frieda Kage

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.042

Actin Networks: Adapting to Load through Geometry

Curr Biol. 2017 Dec 4;27(23):R1274-R1277. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.042.

Authors

Klemens Rottner¹, Frieda Kage²

Affiliations

¹ Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Spielmannstrasse 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Electronic address: k.rottner@tu-braunschweig.de.
² Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.

PMID: 29207269
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.042

Abstract

Cell migration frequently involves the protrusion of lamellipodial actin networks, the structure and regulation of which have been studied for decades. New work highlights how the geometry of these networks endows cells with the ability to adapt to environmental conditions and load.

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MeSH terms

Actins*
Cell Movement
Pseudopodia*

Substances

Actins