Cytoskeleton, Cell Motility and Motors
General
- The
Biology Project: Cell Biology: Cytoskeleton Tutorial - Tutorial on the
cytoskeleton with illustrations. (University of Arizona) (Beginner's Level)
- Cell Biology Web Pages - Hypertext- and image-based overviews of cell and organelle structure and
function. (Gwen V. Childs, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) (Just above Beginner's Level)
- Cell
Intelligence - A multimedia presentation of cell movement interpreted
with respect to ideas about non-random organization in cell and organelle
structure. (Guenter Albrecht-Buehler, Northwestern University)
- Cell Migration Gateway -
"The Cell Migration Gateway is a comprehensive and regularly updated
resource for anyone interested in cell migration."
(Cell Migration Consortium and Nature Publishing Group)
- Cell
Mobility and Cytoskeleton - A primer on cell locomotion and the cytoskeleton.
(Mark Hill, University of New South Wales, Australia) (Beginner's Level)
- Cell
Motion - "This page summarizes the parameters associated with motion
and chemotaxis of cells," such as typical cell migration speeds and persistence
times. (Leah Edelstein-Keshet, University of British Columbia, Canada)
- Cytoskeleton, Inc.'s Information
Resource - Information and technical tips for researchers studying the
cytoskeleton. (Cytoskeleton, Inc.)
- Cytoskeleton Research - Portal for information on research on the cytoskeleton.
- Drosophila Gene Families: Cytoskeleton (The Interactive Fly)
- The Interactive
Fly: Stress Activated and Cell Motility Feedback Pathway - "The Jun-N-terminal
kinase (JNK) activated MAP kinase cascade links the Rho family of GTP-binding
proteins to transcription of Jun." (Society for Developmental Biology)
- Kimball's
Biology Pages: The Cytoskeleton - Basic information on the cytoskeleton
and its roles in establishing cell shape, providing mechanical strength, locomotion,
chromosome separation in mitosis and meiosis, and intracellular transport
of organelles. (Beginner's Level)
- Lymphocyte
Recirculation and Homing in Immunity - Very nice images and diagrams showing
how lymphocytes recirculate, locomote and home. (Art Anderson)
- Nature Cell
Biology: Focus on Cytoskeleton - "This section contains all of
the material on the topic of cytoskeleton dynamics and molecular motors published
in Nature Cell Biology to date. This includes Editorials, News and Views,
Review articles, and, of course, original research papers."
- Primary Cilium Resource Page - A database on primary cilia. (Sam Bowser)
- Wikipedia - Free online encyclopedia
with basic overviews. (Beginner's Level)
See also the Cell Adhesion and Extracellular
Matrix, Cell Cycle and Cytokinesis and Signal
Transduction pages.
Cell Motility Movies
See also the Microscope Image Galleries
and Databases section of the Microscopy page.
Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis
See also the Cancer Resources section
of the Cell Cycle and Cytokinesis page and the Angiogenesis, Cell
Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix and Signal
Transduction pages.
Wound Healing and Tissue Repair
Cell motilty is integral to tissue repair. Cell movement, extracellular
matrix deposition, local tissue contraction and remodeling, cell proliferation
and differentiation are all part of the complex process of wound healing, which
can involve many different types of cells, including blood platelets, lymphocytes
and leukocytes (especially neutrophils and macrophages), fibroblasts, epithelial
cells and endothelial cells.
See also the Angiogenesis, Cell
Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix, Cell
Cycle and Cytokinesis and Molecular
and Cell Biology of Development pages.
Individual Cytoskeletal Components: Actin Filaments, Microtubules and Intermediate
Filaments
- Mark
Hill's Cytoskeleton Page - Information on the actin filament system and
probes for study. (Mark Hill, University of New South Wales, Australia)
- A Web
Atlas of Cellular Structures: Actin and Microtubules - Fluorescence images
of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton of cultured epithelial cells with
brief text descriptions. (Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) (Just
above Beginner's Level)
- Wikipedia - Free online encyclopedia
with basic overviews. (Beginner's Level)
Molecular Motors (Muscle and Non-Muscle)
Discussion Groups
See also the Discussion
Groups section of the General
Resources and Tutorials page.
Labs Studying