Abstract：
:The concept of pilot pseudopodia is reconsidered 30 years after its inauguration (Gerisch, G., Hülser, D., Malchow, D., Wick, U., 1975. Cell communication by periodic cyclic-AMP pulses. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 272, 181-192). The original hypothesis stated that protruding pseudopodia serve as dynamic sensory organelles that aid a cell in perceiving variations of chemoattractant concentration and, consequently, in navigation during chemotaxis. This influential idea is reevaluated in the light of recent findings about the mechanisms governing chemotactic cell motility, morphology and dynamics of pseudopodia, and about molecular constituents and regulators of pseudopod extension and retraction. It is proposed that stimulation by a chemoattractant modulates speed of pseudopod protrusion and thereby increases cell elongation. Elongation further enhances chemotactic sensitivity of the cell to shallow chemoattractant gradients, reinforces cell polarization, and finally leads to suppression of lateral pseudopodia and continuation of cell migration in the gradient direction.
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Eur J Cell Bioljournal_title
European journal of cell biologyauthors
Weber Idoi
10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.05.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-09-01 00:00:00pages
915-24issue
9-10eissn
0171-9335issn
1618-1298pii
S0171-9335(06)00085-9journal_volume
85pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Procaine-treated eggs can be penetrated by more than one spermatozoon. Supernumerary male pronuclei can fuse with the female one giving raise to multipolar spindles or remain isolated within the egg's cytoplasm forming their own spindle. In all types of multiple mitotic figures (asters and spindles) the distribution o...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
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更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The mechanisms by which adenosine regulates the inflammatory reaction are poorly characterized. In this study, we investigated the effects of adenosine on neutrophil actin polymerization elicited by the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) or IgG-opsonized yeast particles. We used bodipy-...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2005.09.019
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The 90-kDa heat-shock protein, hsp90, is an abundant and conserved protein located predominantly in the cytoplasm. Previous reports have localized a portion of the hsp90 to microtubules and to microfilaments. Here, we show that colocalization of hsp90 with microtubules is seen after long-term but not short-term fixati...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
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更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The simultaneous addition of alcian blue and tannic acid to human blood platelets during glutaraldehyde fixation leads to an excellent representation of coated membranes (CM). Coated membrane segments can be found (1) in plasmalemma, in vesicle system and lysosomal granules, or (2) as coated pits or coated vesicles. T...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
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更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication is achieved by the sequential binding of different proteins to origins of DNA replication. Using EGFP-tagged initiator proteins and immunofluorescence techniques we found that most of the ORC and the MCM subunits are localised at centrosomes and are colocalised with the polo-li...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.09.002
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2014.03.001
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2015.01.001
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Morphological explanations for the effects of cytochalasin B (CB) on the digestive vacuole system of Paramecium caudatum were sought using electron-microscopic studies. Cytochalasin B (0.3 mM) essentially stopped vacuole release without stopping vacuole growth. Acidosome fusion with the new vacuoles was inhibited and ...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sarcoplasmic reticulum fragments capable of accumulating calcium were isolated from rat skeletal muscle by differential and sucrose gradient centrifugation. The ability of these fragments to accumulate calcium was impaired by adding 2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT) to the assay medium at concentrat...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In order to investigate the role of microfilaments in the crawling movements of lymphoid cells, we have analyzed the effects of botulinum C2 toxin and of cytochalasin D (cytoD) on the actin cytoskeleton and on the motility of a BW5147 T-lymphoma-derived cell line. Actin was ADP-ribosylated by C2 toxin in the living ce...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The linkage of the different types of cytoskeletal proteins to cell adhesion structures at the cytoplasmic membrane and the connection of these contact sites to corresponding sites of adjacent cells is a prerequisite for integrity and stability of cells and tissues. The structurally most prominent types of such cell-c...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2004.12.020
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1078/0171-9335-00434
更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1078/0171-9335-00148
更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.11.002
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
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更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.08.003
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Caldesmon and calponin are two proteins that are characteristic of vertebrate smooth muscle. In invertebrates, caldesmon has only been studied in some molluscan muscles, and no previous references to calponin have been found. The aim of this paper was to investigate the presence and distribution of caldesmon and calpo...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The signal transduction pathways of chondrocyte area expansion and migration under periodic mechanical stress remain a matter of debate. We explore this question by performing cell culture experiments in our self-developed periodic stress field and perfusion culture system. Under periodic mechanical stress, we find th...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.04.005
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Activation of protein kinase C by phorbol esters triggers the remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton and the formation of podosomes in smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Regional control of actin dynamics at specialised microdomains results in a local reduction in contractile forces. The molecular basis for this local inhibit...
journal_title：European journal of cell biology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ejcb.2005.08.001
更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00
