The actin filament is astonishingly well conserved across a diverse set of eukaryotic species.
It has essentially remained unchanged in the billion years that separate yeast, Arabidopsis …

Spermatogenesis is the process by which a single spermatogonium develops into 256
spermatozoa, one of which will fertilize the ovum. Since the 1950s when the stages of the …

Actin, one of the most abundant proteins in nature, participates in countless cellular
functions ranging from organelle trafficking and pathogen motility to cell migration and …

The actin supergene family encodes a number of structurally related, but perhaps
functionally distinct, protein isoforms that regulate contractile potential in muscle tissues and …

Arabidopsis has a complex and ancient actin gene family encoding six divergent subclasses
of proteins. One subclass is represented by ACT2 and ACT8, which encode nearly identical …

To study the relation between expression of the putative myofibroblast marker α‐smooth
muscle actin and the remodelling of extracellular matrix, immunocytochemical, gel …

Identification of fungi to the species level has some challenges because of great diversity in
morphology and ecology. Therefore, develo** an efficient species recognition system …

Background Myosins are motors that use energy supplied by ATP to travel along actin
filaments. The structure of myosin is known, but the actin-binding site is not well defined, and …

Higher plants contain families of actin-encoding genes that are divergent and differentially
expressed. Progress in understanding the functions and evolution of plant actins has been …

Cells undergo changes in shape and motile behaviour during development and
differentiation. These processes are executed by the cytoskeleton and initiated in response …