Cells get in shape for a crawl

Jason M. Haugh
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Jason M. Haugh: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695–7905, USA. jason_haugh@ncsu.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 453, issue 7194, 461-462

Abstract: A cell's shape changes as it moves along a surface. The forward-thinking cytoskeletal elements are all for progress, but the conservative cell membrane keeps them under control by physically opposing their movement.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/453461a

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