Just as the skeleton and muscles move the human body and hold its shape, the cells of the body are stabilized and moved by a cellular skeleton. This cellular skeleton is a dynamic structure, ...

Scientists have uncovered new details about cellular filaments that play a critical role in wound healing, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Using a mAb, referred to as 08L, we have identified a protein, of M r ≈ 140,000, associated with desmosomes of epithelial cells. The 08L antibody stained the intracellular side of lateral cell margins ...