Filopodia: Molecular architecture and cellular functions

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 446-454

  Mattila, Pieta K ^a,b   Lappalainen, Pekka ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FASCIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN X; PROTEIN CDC42; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CROSS LINKING; DENDRITIC SPINE; FILOPODIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 44349179335     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2406     Document Type: Review

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