Competition for actin between two distinct F-actin networks defines a bistable switch for cell polarization

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1435-1445

  Lomakin, Alexis J ^a,d   Lee, Kun Chun ^b,f   Han, Sangyoon J ^a,e   Bui, Duyen A ^a   Davidson, Michael ^c   Mogilner, Alex ^b,f   Danuser, Gaudenz ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BLEBBISTATIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL POLARIZATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRATION INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOG; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MDCK CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; POLYMERIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84946487519     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3246     Document Type: Article

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