Cracking up: Symmetry breaking in cellular systems

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-692

  Paluch, Ewa ^a,b   Van Der Gucht, Jasper ^c   Sykes, Cécile ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; GELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845328829     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200607159     Document Type: Short Survey

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