Contact Angle at the Leading Edge Controls Cell Protrusion Rate

Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells

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Pattern Formation, Biomechanics, Morphogenesis +6

Hydrostatic pressure and the actomyosin cortex drive mitotic cell rounding

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Mechanobiology, Hydrostatic Pressure, Molecular Physiology +11

Membrane Tension Maintains Cell Polarity by Confining Signals to the Leading Edge during Neutrophil Migration

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Leading Edge, Neutrophil Migration, Signal Transduction +10

Cell Spreading and Lamellipodial Extension Rate Is Regulated by Membrane Tension

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Temporary increase in plasma membrane tension coordinates the activation of exocytosis and contraction during cell spreading

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Cytoskeleton, Cellular Physiology, Myosin Contraction +18