title: Cell-cell fusion: a new function for invadosomes.
abstract: Podosomes are cytoskeletal-based structures involved in extracellular matrix remodeling and cellular motility. A new study now implicates podosomes in pore formation during myoblast fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Bong Hwan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Alissa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D022081:Cell Surface Extensions / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004330:Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008561:Membrane Fusion / Q000502:physiology*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C449671:SCAR protein, Drosophila; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein