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ABSTRACT: Point models describing protein-protein signalling and membrane tension/contractility leading to rear retraction.
SUBMITTER: Joseph Hetmanski
PROVIDER: MODEL2103010001 | biostudies-other |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): 33690598
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

PLoS computational biology 20210310 3
Cell migration in 3D microenvironments is a complex process which depends on the coordinated activity of leading edge protrusive force and rear retraction in a push-pull mechanism. While the potentiation of protrusions has been widely studied, the precise signalling and mechanical events that lead to retraction of the cell rear are much less well understood, particularly in physiological 3D extra-cellular matrix (ECM). We previously discovered that rear retraction in fast moving cells is a highl ...[more]