A distinctive role for focal adhesion proteins in three-dimensional cell motility.

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Published in Nat Cell Biol on May 16, 2010

Authors

Stephanie I Fraley1, Yunfeng Feng, Ranjini Krishnamurthy, Dong-Hwee Kim, Alfredo Celedon, Gregory D Longmore, Denis Wirtz

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1: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

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