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- noun biology A
cytoskeletal actin projection on themobile edge of thecell .
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Bar = 50 or 10 µm (D) Lamellipodial extension was quantified by summing the length of the outer margins of all lamellipodium in individual cells, and was expressed as
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shigeyuki Kanazawa et al. 2010
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Stradal T, Vignal E, Rottner K (2002) The lamellipodium: where motility begins.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shigeyuki Kanazawa et al. 2010
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Lamellipodial extension was quantified by summing the length of the outer margins of all lamellipodium in individual cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shigeyuki Kanazawa et al. 2010
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Lamellipodial extension was quantified by summing the length of the outer margins of all lamellipodium in individual cells, and was expressed as a proportion of the total perimeter of each cell (lamellipodial index), as described by Verma et al. [24]. bFGF induced lamellipodial extension at 1 h
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shigeyuki Kanazawa et al. 2010
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On the other hand, the cell shape of Rac1-inhibited cells at the wound edge showed less formation of lamellipodium (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shigeyuki Kanazawa et al. 2010
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