Maturation of filopodia shaft adhesions is upregulated by local cycles of lamellipodia advancements and retractions.

While cell-substrate adhesions that form between the protruding edge of a spreading cell and flat surfaces have been studied extensively, processes that regulate the maturation of filopodia adhesions are far less characterized. Since little is known about how the kinetics of formation or disassembly...

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Main Authors: Wei Hu, Bernhard Wehrle-Haller, Viola Vogel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4167701?pdf=render