Actin filaments are the smallest type, with a diameter of only about 6 nm, and they are made of a protein called actin. Intermediate filaments, as their name suggests, are mid-sized, with a ...

This manuscript describes the identification and characterization of 12 specific phosphomimetic mutations in the recombinant full-length human tau protein that trigger tau to form fibrils. This ...

Like other eukaryotic cells, neurons have a cytoskeleton that consists of three main polymers: microtubules (green), intermediate filaments (purple) and actin filaments (red). Microtubules emanate ...

This is especially true near the center of the cell, the location of the centrioles near the nucleus. This is a great time to introduce the three categories of cytoskeletal components: microfilaments, ...

2008). This filament then binds to dsDNA to form a synaptic filament, a key intermediate that mediates the search for homology and, when homology is detected, exchanges the DNA strands to produce a ...