Open AccessZones and rings in wound healing
Author(s) -
William A. Wells
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1544iti2
Subject(s) - biology , wound healing , immunology
![][1] Actin (white) accelerates toward a wound (bottom) over time (left to right)Cells sustain rips and tears during processes such as migration. The plasma membrane is repaired within milliseconds, but resealing of the underlying actomyosin cortex can take several minutes. On [
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