Microtubules and actin crosstalk in cell migration and division

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-23

  Akhshi, Tara Kafiyeh ^a   Wernike, Denise ^a   Piekny, Alisa ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytokinesis; Microtubules; Migration; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ASTRAL MICROTUBULE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CENTROSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DAUGHTER CELL; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS FIBER;

ACTIN; CYTOKINESIS; MICROTUBULES; MIGRATION; POLARITY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINESIS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 84892494418     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21150     Document Type: Review

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