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. 2013 Mar 6;62(1):1–112. doi: 10.1080/00018732.2013.771509

Figure. 34.

Figure. 34.

Sketch of a crawling keratocyte. The front region is characterized by fast actin gel growth, whereas the part further back disassembles and contracts. The flanks of the cell display particularly strong contractions that to a large extent depend on myosin motor activity.