Cytoskeleton & Cell Dynamics
This topic page includes information and resources on cytoskeleton, cilia, kinesin, myosin, actin, microtubules, dynein, and related topics.
Resources
Labs | Forums | Literature | Education
Labs
Bretscher
lab, Cornell (functional organization and regulation of microfilaments
in eucaryotic cells)
Burgess lab,
Boston College (molecular motors)
Condeelis
lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Cell motility, Chemotaxis
and Cancer)
Gelfand
lab, Northwestern University (mechanisms of intracellular transport)
Goldman
lab, Northwestern University (intermediate filaments)
Nedelec
lab, European Molecular Biology Lab (microtubule organization, especially
in mitosis)
Odde lab,
University of Minnesota (cytoskeletal systems)
Oegema
lab, University of California, San Diego (role of the cytoskeleton
in the morphogenetic transformations required for cell division in C elegans)
Ridley
lab, King's College London
Ross
lab, University of Pennsylvania (biophysics of microtubules and molecular
motors)
Spudich
lab, Stanford (molecular basis of cell motility)
Forums
Interact with colleagues on ASCB's Cytoskeleton and Cell Dynamics Community Forum.
Literature
Landmark Papers in Cell Biology. Chapter 7: Cytoskeleton (commentaries by experts on landmark papers in the cytoskeleton field, with links to many of the original papers).
Education
Structure and Function of Microtubules: from the University of Texas Medical Branch
Recommended Resources
Tilney LG, Porter KR. Studies on the microtubules in Heliozoa II. The effect of low temperature on these structures in the formation and maintenance of the axopodia. J Cell Biol [serial online]. 1967;34:327-343.
In this seminal paper, Tilney and Porter put the ideal of cellular deformation by microtubular polymerization on sound experimental footing. (Find out why it's so important.