Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Ecological and Evolutionary Approaches, Vol. 86, No. 6 (November/December 2013), pp. 611-630 (20 pages) AbstractThe ability to shed an appendage occurs in both ...

The physical features of cellular environment are sensed by contractile bundles, called stress fibers. Researchers at the University of Helsinki found out that stress fibers are being regulated by a ...

The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, according to a new study. The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, ...

Research groups at the University of Helsinki uncovered how motor protein myosin, which is responsible for contraction of skeletal muscles, functions also in non-muscle cells to build contractile ...

Research has uncovered how motor protein myosin, which is responsible for contraction of skeletal muscles, functions also in non-muscle cells to build contractile structures at the inner face of the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The structural basis for the function of microtubules and filaments in cell body contractility in the ciliate Stentor coeruleus was ...

In a healthy cell, there is a fine balance between the protrusive structures that make the cell more migratory and the contractile structures that maintain the cell's shape and its association with ...

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

Beet juice boosts endurance for many (but not all) people, according to a series of studies over the past five years or so. The active ingredient appears to be nitrate, which somehow reduces the ...