Actin and Microtubules Position Stress Granules
Thomas J. Böddeker, A. Rüsch, Keno Leeners, Michael P. Murrell, Eric R. Dufresne
Abstract
Novel analysis tools reveal that stress granules show different affinities to filamentous actin and microtubules, leading to robust stress granule positioning through coupling to actin flow and wetting of microtubules.
Topics & Concepts
MicrotubuleActinStress (linguistics)Cell biologyBiophysicsChemistryBiologyLinguisticsPhilosophyRNA Research and SplicingCellular Mechanics and InteractionsMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics