In a just released article in the Journal of Molecular Recognition, Dr. Hermann Schillers et al. report the first visualization of individual microvilli on living cells with atomic force microscopy.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The cytoskeleton in squid photoreceptor microvilli was studied by freeze-substitution electron microscopy combined with rapid freezing using ...

We report on the internal ultrastructure of long, finger-like microvilli which cover the surface of the fertilized sea urchin egg. Eggs were attached to polylysine-coated surfaces; their upper ...

The 'brush border' -- a densely packed array of finger-like projections called microvilli -- covers the surfaces of the cells that line our intestines. Researchers have now discovered how intestinal ...

Every cell lining the small intestine bristles with thousands of tightly packed microvilli that project into the gut lumen, forming a brush border that absorbs nutrients and protects the body from ...

Actin filaments in membrane protrusions are organized either in bundles — as occurs in microvilli, stereocilia and bristles — or in branched networks, as occurs in lamellipodia. Filopodia are distinct ...