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1. The Actin Cytoskeleton in Pollen Tubes; Actin and Actin Binding Proteins

   Actin cytoskeleton is well known to be a key element for the germination and the elongation of pollen tubes. It has been appreciated that the...

   Etsuo Yokota, Teruo Shimmen in The Pollen Tube

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2. Ciliary tip actin dynamics regulate photoreceptor outer segment integrity

   As signalling organelles, cilia regulate their G protein-coupled receptor content by ectocytosis, a process requiring localised actin dynamics to...

   Roly Megaw, Abigail Moye, ... Pleasantine Mill in Nature Communications

   Article Open access 21 May 2024
   

3. Biochemical and mechanical regulation of actin dynamics

   Polymerization of actin filaments against membranes produces force for numerous cellular processes, such as migration, morphogenesis, endocytosis,...

   Pekka Lappalainen, Tommi Kotila, ... Guillaume Romet-Lemonne in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

   Article 02 August 2022
   

4. Studying Nuclear Dynamics in Response to Actin Disruption in Planta

   The plant nucleus and the actin cytoskeleton are intimately connected. The actin cytoskeleton is pivotal for nuclear positioning, shape, and...

   Joseph F. McKenna, Katja Graumann in The Plant Cytoskeleton

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5. Visualization and Quantification of the Dynamics of Actin Filaments in Arabidopsis Pollen Tubes

   The actin cytoskeleton plays an essential role in the regulation of polarized pollen tube growth, and its functions are dictated by its spatial...

   Qiaonan Lu, **aonan Liu, ... Shan** Huang in The Plant Cytoskeleton

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6. AtHMGB15 regulates tapetal apoptosis in pollen development and actin dynamics during pollen germination in arabidopsis

   Key message

   ARID-HMG DNA binding protein, AtHMGB15, regulates pollen development and pollen germination in Arabidopsis .

   Abstract

   Previous studies have...

   Ruby Biswas, Shubho Chaudhuri in Plant Reproduction

   Article 21 June 2024
   

7. Loss of SIL1 Affects Actin Dynamics and Leads to Abnormal Neural Migration

   SIL1 is a nucleotide exchange factor for the molecular chaperone protein Bip in the endoplasmic reticulum that plays a crucial role in protein...

   Yuanyuan Xu, Hongji Sun, ... **aomin Zhang in Molecular Neurobiology

   Article 08 June 2024
   

8. NET1 is a critical regulator of spindle assembly and actin dynamics in mouse oocytes

   Background

   Neuroepithelial transforming gene 1 (NET1) is a RhoA subfamily guanine nucleotide exchange factor that governs a wide array of biological...

   Shiwei Wang, Xuan Wu, ... Shenming Zeng in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

   Article Open access 02 January 2024
   

9. Imaging and Analysis of the Dynamics of Filamentous Actin Structures in Live Endothelial Cells

   The ability to view and record the movements of subcellular structures is a powerful tool that has accelerated the discovery and understanding of...

   Jerome W. Breslin, Zeinab Y. Motawe in Vascular Hyperpermeability

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10. Cortactin stabilizes actin branches by bridging activated Arp2/3 to its nucleated actin filament

    Regulation of the assembly and turnover of branched actin filament networks nucleated by the Arp2/3 complex is essential during many cellular...

    Tianyang Liu, Luyan Cao, ... Carolyn A. Moores in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

    Article Open access 24 January 2024
    

11. GRAF1 integrates PINK1-Parkin signaling and actin dynamics to mediate cardiac mitochondrial homeostasis

    The serine/threonine kinase, PINK1, and the E3 ubiquitin ligase, Parkin, are known to facilitate LC3-dependent autophagosomal encasement and...

    Qiang Zhu, Matthew E. Combs, ... Joan M. Taylor in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 11 December 2023
    

12. Nuclear Actin Dynamics in Gene Expression, DNA Repair, and Cancer

    Actin is a highly conserved protein in mammals. The actin dynamics is regulated by actin-binding proteins and actin-related proteins. Nuclear actin...

    Yuanjian Huang, Shengzhe Zhang, Jae-Il Park in Nuclear, Chromosomal, and Genomic Architecture in Biology and Medicine

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13. BioID Analysis of Actin-Binding Proteins

    Proteins often exist and function as part of higher-order complexes or networks. A challenge is to identify the universe of proximal and interacting...

    E. Emily Joo, Michael F. Olson in Cerebral Cortex Development

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14. Structural basis of rapid actin dynamics in the evolutionarily divergent Leishmania parasite

    Actin polymerization generates forces for cellular processes throughout the eukaryotic kingdom, but our understanding of the ‘ancient’ actin turnover...

    Tommi Kotila, Hugo Wioland, ... Pekka Lappalainen in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 15 June 2022
    

15. Emerging roles of deubiquitinating enzymes in actin cytoskeleton and tumor metastasis

    Background

    Metastasis accounts for the majority of cancer-related deaths. Actin dynamics and actin-based cell migration and invasion are important...

    Ying Xue, Cong Xue, Wei Song in Cellular Oncology

    Article 07 February 2024
    

16. Map-1a regulates Sertoli cell BTB dynamics through the cytoskeletal organization of microtubule and F-actin

    Microtubule-associated protein 1a (Map1a) is a microtubule (MT) regulatory protein that binds to the MT protofilaments in mammalian cells to promote...

    Lingling Wang, Ming Yan, ... Hao Chen in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

    Article Open access 03 April 2024
    

17. ERRα coordinates actin and focal adhesion dynamics

    Cell migration depends on the dynamic organisation of the actin cytoskeleton and assembly and disassembly of focal adhesions (FAs). However, the...

    Violaine Tribollet, Catherine Cerutti, ... Christelle Forcet in Cancer Gene Therapy

    Article 04 April 2022
    

18. Ribosomal Protein Dynamics and Its Association with Actin Filaments and Local Translation in Axonal Growth Cones of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons

    Local translation in growth cones plays a critical role in responses to extracellular stimuli, such as axon guidance cues. We previously showed that...

    Osamu Hoshi, Nobuyuki Takei in Neurochemical Research

    Article 08 July 2024
    

19. Quantitative structured illumination microscopy via a physical model-based background filtering algorithm reveals actin dynamics

    Despite the prevalence of superresolution (SR) microscopy, quantitative live-cell SR imaging that maintains the completeness of delicate structures...

    Yanquan Mo, Kunhao Wang, ... Liangyi Chen in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 29 May 2023
    

20. Focal adhesions contain three specialized actin nanoscale layers

    Focal adhesions (FAs) connect inner workings of cell to the extracellular matrix to control cell adhesion, migration and mechanosensing. Previous...

    Reena Kumari, Katharina Ven, ... Pekka Lappalainen in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 21 March 2024