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From actin waves to mechanism and back: How theory aids biological understanding.
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Actin network heterogeneity tunes activator-inhibitor dynamics at the cell cortex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Formation of Membrane Domains via Actin Waves: A Fundamental Principle in the Generation of Dynamic Structures in Phagocytes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Excitable Ras dynamics-based screens reveal RasGEFX is required for macropinocytosis and random cell migration.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Nanotopographic control of actin waves and growth cone navigation in developing neurons.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
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- A Hands-on Guide to AmoePy - a Python-Based Software Package to Analyze Cell Migration Data.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Methods and computational tools to study eukaryotic cell migrationFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Artificial cell system as a tool for investigating pattern formation mechanisms of intracellular reaction-diffusion waves.Biophysics and physicobiology · 2024Review
- Synchronization in collectively moving inanimate and living active matter.Nature communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
Actin dynamics in cell motility, division, and phagocytosis is regulated by complex factors with multiple feedback loops, often leading to emergent dynamic patterns in the form of propagating waves of actin polymerization activity that are poorly understood. Many in the actin wave community have attempted to discern the underlying mechanisms using experiments and/or mathematical models and theory. Here, we survey methods and hypotheses for actin waves based on signaling networks, mechano-chemical effects, and transport characteristics, with examples drawn from
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