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Nesprin-2G knockout fibroblasts exhibit reduced migration, changes in focal adhesion composition, and reduced ability

Alexandra Woychek1, Jonathan C R Jones1

  • 1School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, United States of America.

Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)
|January 23, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
adhesioncytoskeletonfibroblastsmotilitynesprintraction forces

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