Cell migration without a lamellipodium: Translation of actin dynamics into cell movement mediated by tropomyosin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-631

  Gupton, Stephanie L ^a   Anderson, Karen L ^b   Kole, Thomas P ^c   Fischer, Robert S ^a   Ponti, Aaron ^a   Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^d   Danuser, Gaudenz ^a   Fowler, Velia M ^a   Wirtz, Denis ^c   Hanein, Dorit ^b   Waterman Storer, Clare M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; COFILIN; F ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN II; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; MICROINJECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE FLUORESCENT SPECKLE MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOTECHNOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; PSEUDOPODIA; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13944273671     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200406063     Document Type: Article

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