Oblique alignment of stress fibers in cells reduces the mechanical stress in cyclically deforming fields

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-99

  Takemasa, Tohru ^a   Yamaguchi, Takami ^b   Yamamoto, Yasuhito ^c   Sugimoto, Keiji ^a   Yamashita, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cyclic stretch; Cytoskeleton; Mechnnical deformation; Stress fiber

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRETCHING;

EID: 0031736315     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80076-9     Document Type: Article

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