A traffic cop for the cell surface: Researchers illuminate a basic biological process

A traffic cop for the cell surface: Researchers illuminate a basic biological process 03/09/2017 11:13 AM EST A Colorado State University (CSU) team of single-molecule biophysicists and biochemists have shed light on a long-obscured cellular process: a mammalian cell membrane's relationship with a scaffolding underneath it, the cortical actin cytoskeleton. For the first time, the CSU team has made real-time observations of this cytoskeleton acting as a barrier that organizes proteins on the cell's surface, effectively playing traffic cop on the cell's membrane activities. Full story at http://source.colostate.edu/traffic-cop-cell-surface-researchers-illuminate-basic-biological-process/ Source Colorado State University This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111