Wound healing: The power of the purse string.
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Kiehart, DP
Published in: Current biology : CB
August 1999
Recently, Xenopus oocytes have been shown to repair wounds using a contractile system composed of actin and myosin-II. The work underscores the importance of actin-based myosin-II contractility in cellular and supracellular 'purse strings' that function in diverse biological processes.
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Current biology : CB
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1879-0445
ISSN
0960-9822
Publication Date
August 1999
Volume
9
Issue
16
Start / End Page
R602 / R605
Related Subject Headings
- Xenopus
- Wound Healing
- Sea Urchins
- Ovum
- Oocytes
- Myosins
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Female
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Drosophila melanogaster
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Kiehart, D. P. (1999). Wound healing: The power of the purse string. Current Biology : CB, 9(16), R602–R605. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80384-4
Kiehart, D. P. “Wound healing: The power of the purse string.” Current Biology : CB 9, no. 16 (August 1999): R602–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80384-4.
Kiehart DP. Wound healing: The power of the purse string. Current biology : CB. 1999 Aug;9(16):R602–5.
Kiehart, D. P. “Wound healing: The power of the purse string.” Current Biology : CB, vol. 9, no. 16, Aug. 1999, pp. R602–05. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80384-4.
Kiehart DP. Wound healing: The power of the purse string. Current biology : CB. 1999 Aug;9(16):R602–R605.
Published In
Current biology : CB
DOI
EISSN
1879-0445
ISSN
0960-9822
Publication Date
August 1999
Volume
9
Issue
16
Start / End Page
R602 / R605
Related Subject Headings
- Xenopus
- Wound Healing
- Sea Urchins
- Ovum
- Oocytes
- Myosins
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Female
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Drosophila melanogaster