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Wound healing: The power of the purse string

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 9; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80384-4

1879-0445

Daniel P. Kiehart,

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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.