...-microscopy cell locomotion Investigations into the role of cell accumulation in develop- ment and pathogenesis usually focus on how cells might detect and respond to directional signal information, e.g. during inflammatory cell migration (Zigmond, 1978 ; Wilkinson et al., 1984), tumor cell...

... cell locomotion cell adhesion integrin receptors fibronectin. Despite major advances in the understanding of the composition and organization of the cytoskeleton in recent years, the molecular mechanism of cell locomotion is still poorly understood. One reason for our ignorance...

... 31 10 1990 © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991 cell surface cortical cytoskeleton cell locomotion capping plasma membrane protein Pgp-1/CD44 video microscopy Detailed analyses of cell motile activities in vitro have resulted in descriptions of several types...

... rubber substrata: a new wrinkle in the study of cell locomotion . Science 208 , 177 – 179 . 10.1126/science.6987736 Hayden , J. H. & Allen , R. D. (1984). Detection of single microtubules in living cells: particle transport can occur in both directions along the same...

...) and the locomotion parameters are only slightly modified. The results show that granulocytes are able to migrate in a similar manner when they are subjected to various external forces. 10 12 1987 08 03 1988 © 1988 by Company of Biologists 1988 cell adhesion cell locomotion granulocytes...

... cell speed in media with varying osmotic pressures, the relationship between internal pressure and cell locomotion was revealed. * Author for correspondence 16 07 1987 24 08 1987 © 1987 by Company of Biologists 1987 cell locomotion motive force osmotic pressure volume...

...Wilhelm Engström ABSTRACT The effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on clones from a human embryonal carcinoma-derived cell line (Tera-2) have been studied. Cells were plated at clonal densities, whereafter the effects of serum and EGF on cell locomotion and cell proliferation were examined...