Viscoelastic response of fibroblasts to tension transmitted through adherens junctions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2798-2808

  Keith Ragsdale, G ^a   Phelps, John ^a   Luby Phelps, Katherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; DEFORMITY; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0343376137     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78309-7     Document Type: Article

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