Publications [#153508] of Daniel P Kiehart
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- DP Kiehart, Wound healing: The power of the purse string.,
Current biology : CB, ENGLAND, vol. 9 no. 16
(August, 1999),
pp. R602-5 .
(last updated on 2008/12/19)Abstract:
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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