Cytoskeleton wars: actin vs microtubules
The latest collaboration from the NeuroCyto team was just published in the Journal of Cell Science, and asks a simple question: how do microtubule and actin fight or cooperate with each other? The CytoMorpho lab of Manuel Théry and Laurent Blanchoin in Paris and Grenoble used complex in-vitro reconstitution to show how dense actin networks can stop microtubule growth.