The machinery of cell crawling

Sci Am. 1994 Sep;271(3):54-5, 58-63. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0994-54.

Abstract

When a cell crawls, part of its fluid cytoplasm briefly turns rigid. This transformation depends on the orderly assembly and disassembly of a protein scaffold.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism
  • Actins / ultrastructure
  • Animals
  • Blood Platelets / physiology
  • Blood Platelets / ultrastructure
  • Cell Movement / physiology*
  • Cytoplasm
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Neutrophils / physiology
  • Neutrophils / ultrastructure

Substances

  • Actins