A review of models of fluctuating protrusion and retraction patterns at the leading edge of motile cells

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 195-206

  Ryan, Gillian L ^a   Watanabe, Naoki ^b   Vavylonis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell motility; Lamellipodium dynamics; Mathematical modeling; Single molecule microscopy

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84859832947     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21017     Document Type: Review

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