An oscillatory contractile pole-force component dominates the traction forces exerted by migrating amoeboid cells

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-615

  Alonso Latorre, Baldomero ^a   Del Álamo, Juan C ^a   Meili, Ruedi ^b   Firtel, Richard A ^b   Lasheras, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium; Myosin; Principal component analysis; Traction forces

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2;

AMOEBOID CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LENGTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MUTANT; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; POLE FORCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN ENERGY; TRACTION FORCE;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 84856436563     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-011-0184-9     Document Type: Article

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