Cell locomotion: Fish Keratocytes

Keratocytes cultured from goldfish scales show some of the most rapid motility of vertebrate cells ever recorded. These cells take on a ÔcanoeÕ shape and move at rates up to xx um/min. These cells were microinjected with fluorescent tubulin; microtubules are located in the cell center and the fluorescence of soluble tubulin is used to follow the cell edge. Movies recorded by Dr. Jonathan W. Walker.

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		Movie 1: Migrating 'Canoe' cell with retrograde flow
		Movie 2: Another Migrating cell
		Movie 3: Retrograde flow in Cell Extension

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