Quantification of cell edge velocities and traction forces reveals distinct motility modules during cell spreading.

Actin-based cell motility and force generation are central to immune response, tissue development, and cancer metastasis, and understanding actin cytoskeleton regulation is a major goal of cell biologists. Cell spreading is a commonly used model system for motility experiments -- spreading fibroblas...

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Main Authors: Benjamin J Dubin-Thaler, Jake M Hofman, Yunfei Cai, Harry Xenias, Ingrid Spielman, Anna V Shneidman, Lawrence A David, Hans-Günther Döbereiner, Chris H Wiggins, Michael P Sheetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2581916?pdf=render