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- UNC Cytoskeleton and Cell Migration Clubs - Schedule of seminars and links to related laboratories at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, North Carolina.
- Chisholm Lab - Overview of research on myosin and actin, the role of calmodulin, the dynein-dynactin interaction. Includes PDF downloads of publications, and details of Cytoskeleton Journal Club, at the Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL.
- Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton - Articles concerning all phenomena related to cell motility, including structural, biochemical, biophysical, and theoretical approaches.
- Dr. NAD's Pad - Postdoctoral scientist's homepage for researchers and novices, featuring the microtubule cytoskeleton, electron microscopy on fern sperm, and confocal immunofluorescence microscopy on tobacco cells. Includes links to the author's publications and non-science topics.
- Rosenbaum Lab - Group primarily concerned with flagellar assembly in Chlamydomonas, and applications of green fluorescent protein labeling. Includes publications, links to researchers and their projects at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Arp2/3 Complex - Research on actin-related proteins and their dynamics in muscle function. Includes sequences, pyrene fluorescence assay, abstracts and researchers in the Arp field, from the University of Birmigham, England.
- Kinesin Home Page - Resources devoted to the kinesin family of microtubule-dependent molecular motors.
- Cell Movement - Resource on contractile system proteins, muscle contraction, movement in non-muscle cells and in prokaryotes, related database links, mainatined by the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia.
- Klymkowsky Lab - Research in adhesion, cytoskeletal organization, and gene expression, with methods, staff, publications, collaborations, related links and login. Includes course modules in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Cytoskeletal System - Slide show to accompany graduate-level lectures by Gwen V. Childs, at Little Rock, AR.
Wikipedia Articles
- Arp2/3 complex - Arp2/3 complex is a seven-subunit protein that plays a major role in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. It is a necessary component of the actin cytoskeleton and is therefore ubiquitous in actin cytoskeleton-containing eukaryotic cells..
- Cytoskeleton - The cytoskeleton is a cellular "scaffolding" or "skeleton" contained, as all other organelles, within the cytoplasm. It is contained in all eukaryotic cells and recent research has shown it can be present in prokaryotic cells too.
- Plectin - Plectin is a giant protein (c500 kDa) found in nearly all mammalian cells which acts as a link between the three main components of the cytoskeleton: actin microfilaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments. In addition plectin links the cytoskeleton to junctions found in the plasma membrane that structurally connect different cells.
- Band 4.1 - Band 4.1 is a protein associated with the cytoskeleton of the red blood cell.
- Microtubule nucleation - Microtubules are filaments of the cytoskeleton. They typically form through the polymerization of α- and β-tubulin dimers elongating existing microtubules.