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Cell spreading and motility: A model lamellipod (English)
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1985
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Cells moving in vitro do so by means of a motile appendage, the lamellipod. This is a broad, flat sheet of cytogel which spreads in front of the cell and pulls the cell forward. We present here a mathematical model for lamellipodial motion based on the physical chemistry of actomyosin gels.
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cell motility
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mechanochemistry
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lamellipodial motion
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physical chemistry of actomyosin gels
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