Gradient of rigidity in the lamellipodia of migrating cells revealed by atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 667-675

  Laurent, Valérie M ^a,b,e   Kasas, Sandor ^a,c   Yersin, Alexandre ^a   Schäffer, Tilman E ^d   Catsicas, Stefan ^a   Dietler, Giovanni ^a   Verkhovsky, Alexander B ^a   Meister, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; MYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL KINETICS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FISH; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY;

EID: 23244462806     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.052316     Document Type: Article

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