Force generation in lamellipodia is a probabilistic process with fast growth and retraction events

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 979-988

  Shahapure, Rajesh ^a   Difato, Francesco ^a,b   Laio, Alessandro ^a   Bisson, Giacomo ^a   Ercolini, Erika ^a,c   Amin, Ladan ^a   Ferrari, Enrico ^d   Torre, Vincent ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM)   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

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EID: 77949652114     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.041     Document Type: Article

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