Activated membrane patches guide chemotactic cell motility.

Many eukaryotic cells are able to crawl on surfaces and guide their motility based on environmental cues. These cues are interpreted by signaling systems which couple to cell mechanics; indeed membrane protrusions in crawling cells are often accompanied by activated membrane patches, which are local...

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Main Authors: Inbal Hecht, Monica L Skoge, Pascale G Charest, Eshel Ben-Jacob, Richard A Firtel, William F Loomis, Herbert Levine, Wouter-Jan Rappel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3127810?pdf=render