During cytokinesis, the cell forms a ring of actin around its center, where it will split. This ring contracts, becoming smaller and smaller and pulling the plasma membrane with it. Finally, the ring ...

Three construction teams, each with their own blueprint One type of precursor cell forms the skull and facial bones, another the spinal column and ribs, and a third type the skeleton of the limbs.

Then, in the developing embryo, cells form three primary layers — ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm — which, over time, become skin, neurons, heart, gut, and so on. These determinations of cells’ fates ...

Rutgers University. "Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250321163533.htm (accessed April 13 ...

in the organization and mechanics of epithelial cells and their junctions. Their work reveals a mechanism of interdependence of different forms of the cytoskeletal proteins actin and myosin ...

A time-lapse video showing Arabidopsis cells generate cellulose fibrils. Credit: Lee Lab/Rutgers University "This work is the first direct visualization of how cellulose synthesizes and self ...