No mechanical role for vinculin in strain transduction in primary bovine osteoblasts

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-87

  Meyer, U ^a   Meyer, T ^b   Jones, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell attachment; Focal adhesion; Mechanical strain; Osteoblasts; Proliferation; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; OSTEOBLAST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EDETIC ACID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OSTEOBLASTS; VINCULIN;

EID: 0030623644     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o97-024     Document Type: Article

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