Direct observations of the mechanical behaviors of the cytoskeleton in living fibroblasts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-122

  Heidemann, Steven R ^b   Kaech, Stefanie ^a   Buxbaum, Robert E ^b   Matus, Andrew ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorheology; Cell shape; Cytomechanics; Cytoskeleton; Integrins

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLASTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRINS; LAMININ; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033526098     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.1.109     Document Type: Article

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