High resolution detection of mechanical forces exerted by locomoting fibroblasts on the substrate

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 935-945

  Pelham Jr , Robert J ^a,b   Wang, Yu Li ^b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; MYOSIN; NOCODAZOLE; VINCULIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344492691     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.4.935     Document Type: Article

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