Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature.
June 2007
Kon-tiki: A fly's guide for muscle building
Standfirst
The transmembrane protein Kon-tiki promotes directed migration of myotubes and is essential to initiate the establishment of stable connections with their target tendon cells.
Original research paper: Dev. Cell 12, 751-766 (2007)
Phospholipase C: Reversing polarity
Standfirst
Phospholipase C activity is essential for polarity reversal and cell migration away from a chemotactic source in Dictyostelium discoideum.
Original research paper: J. Cell Biol. 177, 579-585 (2007)