The cover image shows (1-16) Normal and abnormal patterns of cytoskeletal morphology (1 and 2) Normal stress fibres run from one edge of the cell to the other; (3) Normal stress fibres continue into very long filopodia; (4) Normal stress fibres cross one another; (5) Partial disintegration of the stretched filaments into small spots and microaggregates; (6) Microaggregates coalescence and alteration of the cell shape under the effect of both stretch and levormeloxifene; (7) Diminished number of stress fibres under the effect of levormeloxifene; (8) Diminished number of stress fibres under the effect of stretch; (9) Diminished number of stress fibres under the effect of both stretch and levormeloxifene; (10) Alteration of cell shape into arborized configuration under the effect of stretch; (11) Alteration of cell shape into arborized configuration under the effect of levormeloxifene; (12) Dissolution of the stretched microfilaments; (13) Dissolution of the levormeloxifene-treated microfilaments; (14 and 16) Normal microtubules; (15 and 16) Normal nuclei (See Ewies et al., pp. 127-135).
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