Helical structure of actin stress fibers and its possible contribution to inducing their direction-selective disassembly upon cell shortening
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DOI: 10.1007/s10237-019-01228-z
Abstract: Mechanisms of the assembly of actin stress fibers (SFs) have been extensively studied, while those of the disassembly—particularly cell shortening-induced ones—remain unclear. Here, we show that SFs have helical structures composed of multi-subbundles, and they… read more here.
Keywords: helical structure; upon cell; stress fibers; cell shortening ... See more keywords