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Cells often extend pseudopodia to migrate, but it has been difficult to characterize this process biochemically because intact pseudopodia could not be isolated from cell bodies. Dove comments on a study that describes a clever method for purifying pseudopodia that have been induced to grow or retra...

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Published inThe Journal of cell biology Vol. 156; no. 4; pp. 586 - 587
Main Author Dove, Alan W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Rockefeller University Press 18.02.2002
The Rockefeller University Press
Subjects
Biochemistry
Cells
Cellular biology
Membranes
Proteins
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Summary:Cells often extend pseudopodia to migrate, but it has been difficult to characterize this process biochemically because intact pseudopodia could not be isolated from cell bodies. Dove comments on a study that describes a clever method for purifying pseudopodia that have been induced to grow or retract, and identifies a signaling complex whose assembly and disassembly controls these processes.
Bibliography:alanwdove@earthlink.net
ISSN:0021-9525
1540-8140
DOI:10.1083/jcb1564iti2