How do cells move along surfaces?
The movement of cells along surfaces is a complex phenomenon that consists of several interrelated processes, including cell-substratum adhesion, and extension and retraction of the cell edge, in which the actin cytoskeleton plays a crucial role. The past decade has seen increasingly detailed molecular-based investigations into cell motility, but it is still not known how molecular events are integrated to give cell movement. Molecular studies are now beginning to be linked to a more global concept of how whole cells move, and this combined approach promises to yield new insights into cell locomotion.
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Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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