Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its membrane and draws it inside. Specialized plasma membrane proteins in the amoeba (in green) are involved in this ...
Another advanced candidate in the pipeline targets CD47, which acts as a ‘don’t eat me’ signal that inhibits phagocytosis of healthy cells by interacting with the signal regulatory protein ...
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Research at UMC Utrecht has identified 29 novel antibodies against the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae, an important cause of drug-resistant infections. A new editorial was recently published in ...
The actin cytoskeleton provides force for dynamic cellular processes, such as motility, morphogenesis, cell division, endocytosis, and phagocytosis. The organization and dynamics of actin filaments ...