Hidden in the mist no more: physical force in cell biology.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/nmeth.3744 and PMC identifier 4861038.
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Abstract
To drive its migration through a fibrillar matrix—and thus to spread, invade or metastasize—a cancer cell must exert physical forces. The first visualization of these forces in three dimensions reveals surprising migration dynamics.
Medical subject headings
- Biopolymers
- Breast Neoplasms
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional
- Microscopy, Atomic Force