An ezrin-rich, rigid uropod-like structure directs movement of amoeboid blebbing cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1256-1267

  Lorentzen, Anna ^a   Bamber, Jeffrey ^b   Sadok, Amine ^a   Elson Schwab, Ilan ^a   Marshall, Christopher J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoeboid; Ezrin; Membrane blebbing; Migration; Uropod

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; EZRIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELLS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MELANOMA;

UROPODA;

EID: 79953156598     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.074849     Document Type: Article

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