Wound Healing: The Power of the Purse String

Overview

Journal Curr Biol

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biology

Date 1999 Sep 2

PMID 10469588

Citations 26

Authors

D P Kiehart

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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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