The interplay between chemistry and mechanics in the transduction of a mechanical signal into a biochemical function

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-188

  Valle, Francesco ^a   Sandal, Massimo ^a   Samorì, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Mechanochemistry; Signal transduction; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648932055     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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