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Dynamics of actin polymerisation during the mammalian single-cell wound healing response

Corina DeKraker1, Laurence Goldin-Blais1, Eric Boucher1

  • 1Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Bldg, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C7, Canada.

BMC Research Notes
|July 18, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
Actin dynamicsActomyosin ringCytoskeletal repairLive-confocal microscopyPlasma membrane repairSingle-cell repair

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