Traction dynamics of filopodia on compliant substrates

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5908, 2008, Pages 1687-1691

  Chan, Clarence E ^a   Odde, David J ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN;

CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FILOPODIUM; FOREBRAIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPLIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; GROWTH CONES; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; NEURONS; PSEUDOPODIA; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 58149230940     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1163595     Document Type: Article

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