Review abstract
Nature Cell Biology 4, E97 - E100 (2002)
doi:10.1038/ncb0402-e97
Adhesion assembly, disassembly and turnover in migrating cells – over and over and over again
Donna J. Webb1,2, J. Thomas Parsons3 & Alan F. Horwitz1
Abstract
Cell migration is an integrated process that requires the continuous, coordinated formation and disassembly of adhesions. These processes are complex and require a regulated interaction of numerous molecules, and the activation of specific signalling pathways. Even though understanding these processes is challenging, important insights are beginning to emerge, and the technology to facilitate significant advances in this area is now in place.
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
- e-mail: djw2p@virginia.edu
- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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