Cancer cell finger-like projections (IMAGE)

University of Turku

Cancer cell finger-like projections

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Breast cancer cells break through the basement membrane acting as a biological barrier. In the image, the finger-like projections formed by the actin of cancer cells invading the surrounding cell medium are coloured red and the basement membrane protein is coloured blue.

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Aleksi Isomursu, Turku Bioscience

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Please attribute to Aleksi Isomursu, Turku Bioscience

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