Fol. Biol. 2012, 58, 177-184

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2012058050177

Dynamics and Morphology of Focal Adhesions in Complex 3D Environment

O. Tolde1,2, D. Rösel1, R. Janoštiak1, P. Veselý3, Jan Brábek1

1Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
3CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Received May 2012
Accepted June 2012

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