Meaning of flectopodium | Babel Free

Definitions

Flexible cytoplasmic protrusions that modify the normal contractile activity of pericytes.

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“Flectopodia are 7–30 µm long, present in 9% of GFP-actin+-cells on vessels (n = 266), with the ability to elongate for up to 20 µm or more, at a rate of 14–99 µm/hour, and to form a bent vessel segment in 30 minutes.”

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