Sentence examples for motility and stability from inspiring English sources

To further understand what role filopodia motility and stability play in the formation of stable contacts, timelapse imaging of dually labeled neurons was performed.

Importantly, it has provided insight into the effects of sensory experience and neuronal activity on the motility and stability of dendritic spines and filopodia [13], [32] [34].

Inactivation of the Chlamydomonas PF16 gene led to loss of the central pair of microtubules and abnormal flagellar function, showing that PF16 is required for flagellar motility and stability of the central apparatus C1 microtubule [6].

CD151 in involved in cell adhesion, cell motility, metastasis, and stability and formation of hemidesmosomes (Yauch et al, 1998).

To allow for increases both in mitochondrial motility and in stability during a reduction in neuronal activity, it seems that two mechanisms could be required.

To measure the effect of NM23 expression on motility and genomic stability in melanomas of the HGF+ and HGF+ × [ m1m2]+/− mouse strains, cell lines were established for more detailed analysis of these phenotypes.

Rac1 is key regulator of the actin cytoskeleton, cell motility, junction assembly and stability and can modulate assembly and disassembly of adherens junctions [ 28- 32].

The vimentin knockout mouse has been reported to display no obvious phenotype [ 15], however, a reduction in stiffness, mechanical stability, motility and directional migration in vimentin-deficient fibroblasts has been described [ 16].

Tubulins play critical roles in many cellular processes like the segregation of chromosomes in the mitotic and meiotic spindles, cell motility, intracellular transport, and in the assembly and stability of cilia and flagella (Nogales 2001; Libusová and Dráber 2006).

These data suggest that the phosphorylation events of this minimal phosphoproteome are associated with cell homeostasis; DNA replication, organisation, and stability; RNA translation; cytoskeletal organisation; motility; transmembrane ion transport; and signal transduction.

RhoA has a positive or negative impact in cellular processes, including the promotion of cellular adhesion and polarity and decreased motility, and is an important modulator of cell junction formation and stability [ 119].