extracellular matrix constituent conferring elasticity

A component of the extracellular matrix that enables the matrix to recoil after transient stretching.

A thin sheetlike process extended by the leading edge of a crawling fibroblast; contains a dense meshwork of actin filaments.

Any cellular process that depends upon or alters the actin cytoskeleton, that part of the cytoskeleton comprising actin filaments and their associated proteins.

The specification and formation of anisotropic intracellular organization or cell growth patterns.

The maintenance of established anisotropic intracellular organization or cell growth patterns.

Catalysis of the reaction: chlordecone alcohol + NADP+ = chlordecone + NADPH.

The contractile element of skeletal and cardiac muscle; a long, highly organized bundle of actin, myosin, and other proteins that contracts by a sliding filament mechanism.

The repeating unit of a myofibril in a muscle cell, composed of an array of overlapping thick and thin filaments between two adjacent Z discs.

The directed movement of fatty acids into, out of, within or between cells. Fatty acids are aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis.

The directed movement of long-chain fatty acids into, out of, within or between cells. A long-chain fatty acid is an aliphatic compound with a terminal carboxyl group and with a chain length greater than C12.

Catalysis of the preferential cleavage of Arg-Xaa, Lys-Xaa, but with more restricted specificity than trypsin.

Assembly of actin filaments by the addition of actin monomers to a filament.

Disassembly of actin filaments by the removal of actin monomers from a filament.

Covalent modification of an actin molecule.

Movement of organelles or other particles along actin filaments, or sliding of actin filaments past each other, mediated by motor proteins.

The formation of a covalent cross-link between or within protein chains.

Any process involved in the replication of a retroviral genome. Retroviruses use RNA as their nucleic acid and reverse transcriptase to copy their genome into the DNA of the host cells chromosomes.