Analysis of actin dynamics at the leading edge of crawling cells: Implications for the shape of keratocyte lamellipodia

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 563-577

  Grimm, H P ^b   Verkhovsky, A B ^b   Mogilner, A ^a   Meister, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actin dynamics; Cell motility; Dendritic nucleation model; Keratocyte; Lamellipodium

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CORNEA CELL; FISH; LAMELLIPODIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDERMIS; FISHES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242390532     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0300-4     Document Type: Article

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