A model for the contractility of the cytoskeleton including the effects of stress-fibre formation and dissociation

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2079, 2007, Pages 787-815

  Deshpande, Vikram S ^a   McMeeking, Robert M ^b   Evans, Anthony G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Mechano sensitivity; Self assembly; Stress fibres

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448972822     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1793     Document Type: Article

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