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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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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
 

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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.
Journal cover image

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