Ordered patterns of cell shape and orientational correlation during spontaneous cell migration.

BACKGROUND: In the absence of stimuli, most motile eukaryotic cells move by spontaneously coordinating cell deformation with cell movement in the absence of stimuli. Yet little is known about how cells change their own shape and how cells coordinate the deformation and movement. Here, we investigate...

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Main Authors: Yusuke T Maeda, Junya Inose, Miki Y Matsuo, Suguru Iwaya, Masaki Sano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2581918?pdf=render