Covering the apex of intestinal cells, microvilli are microscopic membrane protrusions structured by a network of actin filaments organized by actin binding proteins. The objective of my thesis consists on investigating how the microvillar actin binding proteins regulate two key features of these organelles: their functionality and plasticity. From a structural point of view, the actin filaments supporting microvilli are tightly packed together by three actin bundling proteins: villin, espin and plastin-1. Using a combined knockout approach, we demonstrate that these three proteins are dispensable to enable and maintain microvilli protrusions. They however confer the appropriate actin organization required for the apical retention of protei...
peer reviewedVillin is an actin-binding protein of the intestinal brush border that bundles, nucleat...
The small intestine is functionally dependent on the presence of the brush border, a tightly packed ...
The brush border, isolated from chicken intestine epithelial cells, contains the 95,000 relative mol...
Actin-bundling proteins are identified as key players in the morphogenesis of thin membrane protrusi...
Les invalidations individuelles et simultanées des protéines de mise en faisceau de l actine, villin...
AbstractTransfection studies provide supporting evidence for the proposed role of villin and fimbrin...
International audienceActin-bundling proteins are identified as key players in the morphogenesis of ...
Intestinal epithelial cells contain a brush-like membrane composed of numerous finger-like protubera...
Plastin 1 (I-plastin, fimbrin) along with villin and espin is a prominent actin-bundling protein of ...
Villin, a calcium-regulated actin-binding protein, modulates the structure and assembly of actin fil...
AbstractVillin is a tissue-specific actin modifying protein that is associated with actin filaments ...
Villin is an actin-binding protein of the intestinal brush border that bundles, nucleates, caps, and...
peer reviewedThe function of villin, an actin-binding protein, has been investigated by transfecting...
The small intestine is functionally dependent on the presence of the brush border, a tightly packed ...
peer reviewedVillin is an actin-binding protein of the intestinal brush border that bundles, nucleat...
The small intestine is functionally dependent on the presence of the brush border, a tightly packed ...
The brush border, isolated from chicken intestine epithelial cells, contains the 95,000 relative mol...
Actin-bundling proteins are identified as key players in the morphogenesis of thin membrane protrusi...
Les invalidations individuelles et simultanées des protéines de mise en faisceau de l actine, villin...
AbstractTransfection studies provide supporting evidence for the proposed role of villin and fimbrin...
International audienceActin-bundling proteins are identified as key players in the morphogenesis of ...
Intestinal epithelial cells contain a brush-like membrane composed of numerous finger-like protubera...
Plastin 1 (I-plastin, fimbrin) along with villin and espin is a prominent actin-bundling protein of ...
Villin, a calcium-regulated actin-binding protein, modulates the structure and assembly of actin fil...
AbstractVillin is a tissue-specific actin modifying protein that is associated with actin filaments ...
Villin is an actin-binding protein of the intestinal brush border that bundles, nucleates, caps, and...
peer reviewedThe function of villin, an actin-binding protein, has been investigated by transfecting...
The small intestine is functionally dependent on the presence of the brush border, a tightly packed ...
peer reviewedVillin is an actin-binding protein of the intestinal brush border that bundles, nucleat...
The small intestine is functionally dependent on the presence of the brush border, a tightly packed ...
The brush border, isolated from chicken intestine epithelial cells, contains the 95,000 relative mol...