Waterman-Storer, C. M. and E. D. Salmon.  1997.  Actomyosin-based retrograde flow of microtubules in the lamella of migrating epithelial cells influences microtubule dynamic instability and turnover and is associated with microtubule breakage and treadmilling.  Journal of Cell Biology. 139:417-434.

Movies:

Microtubule dynamics and retrograde flow seen by multi-mode microscopy
          by Clare M. Waterman-Storer

Mt dynamics during protrusion of the leading edge
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

MT bending induced by retrograde flow
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

Retrograde flow of mts and surface-coupled beads in the lamella
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

Retrograde flow of assembly-inhibited MTs in the lamella
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

Retrograde flow of MTs in the lamella shown by photoactivation of fluorescence
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

Microtubule bending and breakage in the lamella
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

Microtubule minus end depolymerization in the lamella
          by Clare M. Waterman Storer

Microtubule dynamics at the centrosome
          by Clare M. Waterman 

 

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