Activation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels by Forces Transmitted Through Integrins and the Cytoskeleton

Current Topics in Membranes

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-85

  Matthews, Benjamin D ^a,b   Thodeti, Charles K ^a   Ingber, Donald E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 34047149908     PISSN: 10635823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1063-5823(06)58003-2     Document Type: Review

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