Focal adhesions as mechanosensors: The two-spring model

BioSystems

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 225-232

  Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a,b   Erdmann, Thorsten ^a,b   Bischofs, Ilka B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell matrix adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Extracellular matrix; Mechanotransduction; Modeling

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTEGRIN;

BIOLOGY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER;

EID: 32044449220     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2005.05.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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