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Pseudopodia

Known as: Pseudopodium, pseudopod, pseudopods 
A temporary protrusion or retractile process of a cell, associated with flowing movements of the protoplasm, and serving for locomotion and feeding… 
National Institutes of Health

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AxopodiaFilopodiaLamellipodiaLobopodia

Broader (3)

PhagocytosisRhizopodaSarcodina

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pseudopodium membrane

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Francisella tularensis Enters Macrophages via a Novel Process Involving Pseudopod Loops
ABSTRACT Intracellular bacterial pathogens employ a variety of strategies to invade their eukaryotic host cells. From an… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Contact-Inhibited Chemotaxis in De Novo and Sprouting Blood-Vessel Growth
Blood vessels form either when dispersed endothelial cells (the cells lining the inner walls of fully formed blood vessels… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Myosin X is a downstream effector of PI(3)K during phagocytosis
Phagocytosis is a phosphatidylinositol-3-OH-kinase (PI(3)K)-dependent process in macrophages. We identified Myo10 (Myosin-X), an… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Amoeboid leukocyte crawling through extracellular matrix: lessons from the Dictyostelium paradigm of cell movement
Cell movement within three‐dimensional tissues is a cycling multistep process that requires the integration of complex… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A Requirement for Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in Pseudopod Extension*
Phagocytosis requires actin assembly and pseudopod extension, two cellular events that coincide spatially and temporally. The… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
The polarization of the motile cell.
Polarization of the motile cell is associated with the formation of a distinct plasma membrane domain, the pseudopod, whose… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
From signal to pseudopod. How cells control cytoplasmic actin assembly.
Cet article de synthese examine les signaux associes aux changements de structure de la surface membranaire, qui dirigent la… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cell motility and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium amebae lacking myosin heavy chain.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Structural analysis of human neutrophil migration: Centriole, microtubule, and microfilament orientation and function during chemotaxis
Orientation of nucleus, centriole, microtubules, and microfilaments within human neutrophils in a gradient of chemoattractant (5… 
Review
1963
Review
1963
THE CELLULAR BASIS OF MORPHOGENESIS AND SEA URCHIN DEVELOPMENT.
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