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Review
. 2002 Apr;4(4):E91-6.
doi: 10.1038/ncb0402-e91.

Microscope-based techniques to study cell adhesion and migration

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Microscope-based techniques to study cell adhesion and migration

Partha Roy et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2002 Apr.

Abstract

Modern light microscopy has evolved to provide a variety of quantitative imaging techniques and also the capability to perturb structure-function relationships in living cells. The advances have been especially useful in the study of cell adhesion and migration. This review will focus on how such microscopy-based techniques can be useful in situ to study the molecular interactions and dynamics, to locally perturb actin-based structures and to measure the traction forces exerted by motile cells.

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