Living cells are constantly exposed to a wide variety of mechanical stresses: heart and lungs must withstand expansion and contraction; our skin must be resistant to tearing whilst retaining ...

Just as the skeleton and muscles move the human body and hold its shape, the cells of the body are stabilized and moved by a cellular skeleton. This cellular skeleton is a dynamic structure, ...

Using a mAb, referred to as 08L, we have identified a protein, of M r ≈ 140,000, associated with desmosomes of epithelial cells. The 08L antibody stained the intracellular side of lateral cell margins ...