Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature. Access to featured primary research articles from journals in the Nature family is free for three months.
September 2007
Neural migration: Mind the (adherent) gap
Standfirst
The migration of neurons along radial glial fibres requires the adhesion properties of gap junctions, rather than their channel properties.
Original research paper: Nature 448, 901-907
The matrix trilogy: CD98hc, integrins and fibronectin
Standfirst
The transmembrane protein CD98hc interacts with integrins to induce RhoA-dependent cellular contractility leading to fibronectin matrix assembly.
Original research paper: J. Cell Biol. 178, 701-711