Chemotaxis Actin filament

Sheterline, P., Rickard, J. E. (1989). The cortical actin filament network of neutrophil leucocytes during phagocytosis and chemotaxis. In The Neutrophil Cellular Biochemistry and Physiology (Hallett, M. B., ed.), pp. 141-65, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 

Cytoskeleton is defined as the sum of the various filamentous proteins of eukaryotic cells that remain after the cells are extracted with a mild detergent. The cytoskeleton includes actin filaments, two-stranded helical polymers, which form the microfilaments and the actin-binding proteins. Other components are microtubules and intermediate filaments. The cytoskeleton has not only a role in maintaining the shape of cells, it is also actively engaged in cell division, in the organisation and the dynamic movement of ceD organelles and in the movement of cells in chemotaxis. 

Kefalas, P., Allport, J.R., Donnelly, L.E., Rendell, N.B., Murray, S., Taylor, G.W., Lo, G., Yadollah-Farsani, M. and MacDermot, J. (1997) Arginine specific mono(ADP-ribosyl)-transferase activity in human neutrophil polymorphs. A possible link with the assembly of filamentous actin and chemotaxis. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol 419, 241-244. 

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