Nascent focal adhesions are responsible for the generation of strong propulsive forces in migrating fibroblasts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 881-887

  Beningo, Karen A ^a   Dembo, Micah ^b   Kaverina, Irina ^c   Small, J Victor ^c   Wang, Yu Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Cell adhesion molecules; Cell movement; Fluorescence microscopy; Focal adhesions

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ZYXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FOCAL ADHESION; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBROBLASTS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GOLDFISH; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSEUDOPODIA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035858878     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.153.4.881     Document Type: Article

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