Reassembly of contractile actin cortex in cell blebs
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Reassembly of contractile actin cortex in cell blebs
Contractile actin cortex is involved in cell morphogenesis, movement, and cytokinesis, but its organization and assembly are poorly understood. During blebbing, the membrane detaches from the cortex and inflates. As expansion ceases, contractile cortex re-assembles under the membrane and drives bleb retraction. This cycle enabled us to measure the temporal sequence of protein recruitment to the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200602085