(PDF) The Actin Cytoskeleton by Brigitte M. Jockusch

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Table of Contents

Functional significance of actin isoforms.- Assembly and maintenance of myofibrils in striated muscle cells.- Myosins: Domain organisation, motor properties, physiological roles and cellular functions.- Actin filament structures in migrating vertebrate cells.- Signalling pathways controlling cellular actin organization.- Actin-based endocytosis.- ADP-ribosylation and cross-linking of actin by bacterial protein toxins.- Common themes in cytoskeletal remodeling by intracellular bacterial effectors.- Viruses that exploit actin-based motility for their replication and spread.- Multiscale view of cytoskeletal mechanoregulation of cell and tissue polarity.- Molecular control of actin dynamics in vivo insights from Drosophila.- From cytoskeleton to gene expression – actin in the nucleus.