title: Cell Migration: Making the Waves.
abstract: Coordinated changes of cell shape are often the result of the excitable, wave-like dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton. New work shows that, in migrating cells, protrusion waves arise from mechanochemical crosstalk between adhesion sites, membrane tension and the actin protrusive machinery.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria. Electronic address: sixt@ist.ac.at.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sixt
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton; D000199:Actins; D002465:Cell Movement; D048430:Cell Shape; D003599:Cytoskeleton
chemical_list: D000199:Actins