All cytoskeleton articles
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NewsOrigin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells
Researchers examining links between Asgard archaea and eukaryotes have shown that Asgard tubulins form similar microtubules, albeit smaller than those in their eukaryotic relatives. Unlike actin, these tubulin proteins appear in very few species of Asgard archaea.
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NewsCytoskeleton septins act as cell defence to block bacteria incursion
Researchers have identified a previously unknown, natural, defense mechanism that protects cells from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, as revealed in a study published in Cell Reports.