Contact dynamics during keratocyte motility
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Contact dynamics during keratocyte motility
BACKGROUND Keratocytes are specialised, rapidly moving cells that generate substantial contractile force perpendicular to their direction of locomotion. Potential roles for contractile force in cell motility include cell-body transport, regulation of adhesion, and retraction of the cell's trailing edge. RESULTS To investigate contact dynamics, we used simultaneous confocal fluorescence and in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00357-2