Circus Movement2018-02-06T11:03:19+08:30

Circus Movement

Circus movements have been mainly observed in embryonic blastomeres, neuroectoderm and paraxial mesoderm [1], where a single bleb repeatedly propagates around the circumference of the cell with a period of 1–2 minutes. The cortical actin network reforms asymmetrically during the repolymerization phase of circus movements [2]. This movement requires actomyosin contractility [1][3][4].

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  1. Olson EC. Onset of electrical excitability during a period of circus plasma membrane movements in differentiating Xenopus neurons. J. Neurosci. 1996; 16(16):5117-29. [PMID: 8756441]
  2. Charras GT, Coughlin M, Mitchison TJ, and Mahadevan L. Life and times of a cellular bleb. Biophys. J. 2007; 94(5):1836-53. [PMID: 17921219]
  3. Fujinami N. Studies on the mechanism of circus movement in dissociated embryonic cells of a teleost, Oryzias latipes: fine-structural observations. J. Cell. Sci. 1976; 22(1):133-47. [PMID: 789387]
  4. Fujinami N, and Kageyama T. Circus movement in dissociated embryonic cells of a teleost, Oryzias latipes. J. Cell. Sci. 1975; 19(1):169-82. [PMID: 240865]