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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2011 Jun 2;63(8):568–581. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.04.008

Figure 2. Cell migration.

Figure 2

A basic representation of cellular behavior during migration. Migration is parsed into five component processes: polarization, protrusion, (de)adhesion, translocation of the cell body, and retraction of the rear. Successful motility can be accomplished as isolated, individual cells (3a) or collectively as a group of cells (3b).