Mechanochemical principles of spatial and temporal patterns in cells and tissues

A Bailles, EW Gehrels, T Lecuit - Annual review of cell and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Patterns are ubiquitous in living systems and underlie the dynamic organization of cells,
tissues, and embryos. Mathematical frameworks have been devised to account for the self …

Actin cell cortex: structure and molecular organization

TM Svitkina - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
The actin cytoskeleton consists of structurally and biochemically different actin filament
arrays. Among them, the actin cortex is thought to have key roles in cell mechanics, but …

The actin cytoskeleton as an active adaptive material

S Banerjee, ML Gardel… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Actin is the main protein used by biological cells to adapt their structure and mechanics to
their needs. Cellular adaptation is made possible by molecular processes that strongly …

Actin bundles dynamics and architecture

S Rajan, DS Kudryashov, E Reisler - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cells use the actin cytoskeleton for many of their functions, including their division,
adhesion, mechanosensing, endo-and phagocytosis, migration, and invasion. Actin bundles …

Filamentous myosin in low-ionic strength meat protein processing media: Assembly mechanism, impact on protein functionality, and inhibition strategies

H Liu, H Zhang, Q Liu, Q Chen, B Kong - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Salt-soluble myofibrillar proteins (MPs) form the major protein component of
meat and have several advantages over plant-derived proteins, including high digestibility …

Stress fibres are embedded in a contractile cortical network

T Vignaud, C Copos, C Leterrier, M Toro-Nahuelpan… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Contractile actomyosin networks are responsible for the production of intracellular forces.
There is increasing evidence that bundles of actin filaments form interconnected and …

Nonmuscle myosin II regulation directs its multiple roles in cell migration and division

M Garrido-Casado, G Asensio-Juárez… - Annual review of cell …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Nonmuscle myosin II (NMII) is a multimeric protein complex that generates most mechanical
force in eukaryotic cells. NMII function is controlled at three main levels. The first level …

Collagen, stiffness, and adhesion: the evolutionary basis of vertebrate mechanobiology

VW Tang - Molecular biology of the cell, 2020 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The emergence of collagen I in vertebrates resulted in a dramatic increase in the stiffness of
the extracellular environment, supporting long-range force propagation and the …

Non-muscle myosin 2A (NM2A): structure, regulation and function

C Brito, S Sousa - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-muscle myosin 2A (NM2A) is a motor cytoskeletal enzyme with crucial importance from
the early stages of development until adulthood. Due to its capacity to convert chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanobiology of muscle and myofibril morphogenesis

NM Luis, F Schnorrer - Cells & Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Muscles generate forces for animal locomotion. The contractile apparatus of muscles is the
sarcomere, a highly regular array of large actin and myosin filaments linked by gigantic titin …