Cells move and change shape by dynamically reorganizing their cytoskeleton next to the plasma membrane. The biopolymer actin is a major component of the cytoskeleton that constantly assembles and disassembles, thus generating forces and stresses that deform the cell membrane. My thesis addresses the role of actin and acto-myosin in organising membranes and controlling their shape. I developed a system of actin shells formed at beads surface or at the cell-sized liposome membrane through actin polymerization and used skeletal myosin motors to induce shell contraction. This system mimics the function of two different actin structures that are involved in these processes. One is the lamellipodium at the cell front, where actin polymerization i...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
A cell’s survival in large part depends on its ability to respond to cues from its environment. Cell...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
Biological processes such as migration, intracellular trafficking and division require remodelling o...
Les processus biologiques tels que la migration, le trafic intracellulaire et la division nécessiten...
Une cellule vivante est un système dynamique et complexe et sa membrane joue le rôle de barrière sél...
The cytoskeleton is a composite and versatile structure that confers complex mechanical properties t...
The cytoskeleton is a composite and versatile structure that confers complex mechanical properties t...
M. Pierre BONGRAND: rapporteur Mme Anne-Marie CAZABAT: présidente M. Jean-Marc Di MEGLIO: rapporteur...
M. Pierre BONGRAND: rapporteur Mme Anne-Marie CAZABAT: présidente M. Jean-Marc Di MEGLIO: rapporteur...
AbstractActin filament dynamics have been studied for decades in pure protein solutions or in cell e...
Cell membrane deformations are essential to ensure cellular processes such as motility, division, in...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
Cell membrane deformations are essential to ensure cellular processes such as motility, division, in...
AbstractActin filament dynamics have been studied for decades in pure protein solutions or in cell e...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
A cell’s survival in large part depends on its ability to respond to cues from its environment. Cell...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
Biological processes such as migration, intracellular trafficking and division require remodelling o...
Les processus biologiques tels que la migration, le trafic intracellulaire et la division nécessiten...
Une cellule vivante est un système dynamique et complexe et sa membrane joue le rôle de barrière sél...
The cytoskeleton is a composite and versatile structure that confers complex mechanical properties t...
The cytoskeleton is a composite and versatile structure that confers complex mechanical properties t...
M. Pierre BONGRAND: rapporteur Mme Anne-Marie CAZABAT: présidente M. Jean-Marc Di MEGLIO: rapporteur...
M. Pierre BONGRAND: rapporteur Mme Anne-Marie CAZABAT: présidente M. Jean-Marc Di MEGLIO: rapporteur...
AbstractActin filament dynamics have been studied for decades in pure protein solutions or in cell e...
Cell membrane deformations are essential to ensure cellular processes such as motility, division, in...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
Cell membrane deformations are essential to ensure cellular processes such as motility, division, in...
AbstractActin filament dynamics have been studied for decades in pure protein solutions or in cell e...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...
A cell’s survival in large part depends on its ability to respond to cues from its environment. Cell...
The actin cell cortex in eukaryotic cells is a key player in controlling and maintaining the shape o...