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Abstract
Animal cells can change shape and move by using actin polymerization to drive plasma membrane protrusion. Giannone and coworkers (this issue of Cell) describe how cells periodically pull back on these protrusions in order to sense and respond to the rigidity of their environment.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15016370 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(04)00123-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582