Mechanical properties of individual focal adhesions probed with a magnetic microneedle

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 758-764

  Matthews, Benjamin D ^a,b   Overby, Darryl R ^a   Alenghat, Francis J ^a   Karavitis, John ^a   Numaguchi, Yasuchi ^a   Allen, Philip G ^c   Ingber, Donald E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Focal adhesion; Integrins; Magnetometry; Mechanical stress; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOCAL ADHESION; FORCE; MAGNET; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0345802684     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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