Relationships between actin regulatory mechanisms and measurable state variables

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 995-1011

  Bindschadler, Michael ^a   McGrath, James L ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cycle; Actin nucleation; Capping protein; Cell motility; Cofilin; Filament severing; Mechanistic modeling; Profilin; Systems biology; Thymosin

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HORMONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PROTEINS;

ACTIN CYCLE; ACTIN NUCLEATION; CAPPING PROTEIN; CELL MOTILITY; FILAMENT SEVERING; MECHANISTIC MODELING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THYMOSIN;

MUSCLE;

ACTIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROFILIN; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(4); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROFILINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOSIN;

EID: 34249726054     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9267-0     Document Type: Article

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