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Connections count in cell migration

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New results show that cell spreading and migration are regulated by a functional interaction between the tyrosine kinase Src and members of the integrin family of cell-adhesion receptors.

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Figure 1: Summary of the studies by Felsenfeld et al.1.

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Vuori, K., Ruoslahti, E. Connections count in cell migration. Nat Cell Biol 1, E85–E87 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/12081

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