Healing of incisional wounds in the embryonic chick wing bud: Characterization of the actin purse-string and demonstration of a requirement for Rho activation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1097-1107

  Brock, Jane ^a   Midwinter, Katie ^b   Lewis, Julian ^b   Martin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; RHO FACTOR; TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; LIMB BUD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN INCISION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029807433     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.4.1097     Document Type: Article

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