Membrane Transport and Cytoskeleton Dynamics
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Membrane Dynamics and Computation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 30373
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Communication between different membrane-enclosed compartments, as well as with the extracellular environment, is ensured by a complex system of trafficking pathways that transport proteins and other molecules via carrier vesicles along the cytoskeleton. The dynamic cytoskeleton also provides shape, rigidity, and motility to eukaryotic cells and their membranes. More recently, it has also been demonstrated that membranes and membrane-associated proteins can in turn affect cytoskeleton dynamics to carry out several functions. This joint coordination of cytoskeletal dynamics and membrane transport is at the basis of a plethora of functions, including cell motility and cell division, which influence physiological and pathological processes such as development, wound healing, immunity, and cancer.
This Special Issue of Membranes, “Membrane Transport and Cytoskeleton Dynamics”, invites contributions in the form of either original research articles or reviews on different aspects related to the function and regulation of the cytoskeleton and membrane compartments, and how these systems function in concert to control various cellular processes in health and diseases.
Dr. Cinzia Progida
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Membrane trafficking
- Cytoskeleton
- Cell migration
- Organelles
- Small GTPases