Mapping mechanical strain of an endogenous cytoskeletal network in living endothelial cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2691-2699

  Helmke, Brian P ^a   Rosen, Amy B ^b,c   Davies, Peter F ^b,c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATTLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FORCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STRETCHING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037379728     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75074-7     Document Type: Article

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