Effects of cell tension on the small GTPase Rac

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-164

  Katsumi, Akira ^a   Milanini, Julie ^a   Kiosses, William B ^a   Del Pozo, Miguel A ^a   Kaunas, Roland ^b   Chien, Shu ^b   Hahn, Klaus M ^a   Schwartz, Martin Alexander ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lamellipodia; Mechanical stretch; Mechanotransduction; Polarization; Rac

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; RAC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LAMELLIPODIUM; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIBER; TENSION;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; COLLAGEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY TRANSFER; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NAPHTHALENES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; PYRIDINES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037043341     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200201105     Document Type: Article

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