Traction forces generated by locomoting keratocytes

Traction forces produced by moving fibroblasts have been observed as distortions in flexible substrata including wrinkling of thin, silicone rubber films. Traction forces generated by fibroblast lamellae were thought to represent the forces required to move the cell forwards. However, traction force...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1994
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2120302/