Electrical dimensions in cell science

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4267-4276

  McCaig, Colin D ^a   Song, Bing ^a   Rajnicek, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed migration; Electric field; Polarity; Regeneration; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL REGENERATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70849131500     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.023564     Document Type: Article

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