Welcome to the September 2010 Cell Migration Update, your one-stop resource for news, highlights and research on cell migration.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Specially written Editor's reviews of the hottest new articles
Nuclear positioning: Importance of TAN lines
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An actin-dependent mechanism drives rearward nuclear movement in polarizing fibroblasts.
Original research paper: Science 329, 956-959 (2010)
Focal adhesion structure: Particle participants
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Three-dimensional structural reconstruction of focal adhesions using cryo-electron tomography uncovers the presence of particles that mediate the membrane–cytoskeleton interaction.
Original research paper: Nature Cell Biol. 12, 909-915 (2010)
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Synopses of important recent articles
Viral pathogenesis: Baculoviruses 'ride' actin
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Baculoviruses migrate intracellularly using actin-based motility.
Nature Reviews Microbiology 8, 612 - 613 (2010)
Development: BTBD7 branches out
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Fibronectin activates BTBD7 to drive epithelial branching from clefts.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 11, 605 (2010)
NEWS
The latest news selected from the CMC, Nature News and journals from the Nature family
Cell spreading: RhoA-induced oscillations
Stem-cell work thrown into limbo
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US district-court ruling suspends federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells.
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