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Cell speed as a function of mean detachment force. A biphasic relationship suggests that no net cell migration is observed when either there is no protrusion, or the very small individual protrusions are balanced by retractions, such that the time-averaged protrusive force is very small, and the cell is unable to move due to very strong bonds at the front and the rear of the cell.
