How do cells sense and respond to adhesive contacts? Diffusion-trapping of laterally mobile membrane proteins at maturing adhesions may initiate signals leading to local cytoskeletal assembly response and lamella formation.
Gingell
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Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College, London, UK.
Owens
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D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000502:physiology*; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*