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The behaviour of fibroblasts migrating from chick heart explants: changes in adhesion, locomotion and growth, and in the distribution of actomyosin and fibronectin
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Fibroblasts migrating from heart explants of chick embryos at first have a high rate of locomotion but lack focal contacts or adhesions and also lack substantial actin-containing bundles. A meshwork of 7-nm filaments is present particularly in submembranous regions and is proposed to be directed towards efficient locomotion whilst maintaining a high degree of spreading. Also during the first 48 h there is little production of extracellular fibronectin and the growth rate is low. Later, these fibroblasts develop focal contacts and focal adhesions together with actomyosin bundles, with a parallel increase in fibronectin expression. We propose that progressive immobilization by the development of focal adhesions and actomyosin structures occurs to set these cells up for growth.
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- Authors
- Couchman, J. R., & Rees, D. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Cell Science
- Publisher
- The Company of Biologists
- Published
- 1979-10-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 149-165
- ISSN
- 0021-9533 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-9137
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- W2435715035
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 7.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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