Force and focal adhesion assembly: A close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 466-472

  Balaban, Nathalie Q ^a   Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a   Riveline, Daniel ^b   Goichberg, Polina ^a   Tzur, Gila ^a   Sabanay, Ilana ^a   Mahalu, Diana ^a   Safran, Sam ^a   Bershadsky, Alexander ^a   Addadi, Lia ^a   Geiger, Benjamin ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VINCULIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; CELL; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; MODULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOMERS; FIBROBLASTS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VINCULIN;

EID: 0035002155     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35074532     Document Type: Article

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