Durotaxis as an elastic stability phenomenon

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1289-1294

  Lazopoulos, Konstantinos A ^a   Stamenović, Dimitrije ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin stress fibers; Cell migration; Cytoskeleton; Durotaxis; Focal adhesions; Mathematical modeling; Potential; Stability

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

ACTIN STRESS FIBERS; CELL MIGRATION; DUROTAXIS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

CELL GROWTH;

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; DUROTAXIS; ELASTICITY; FOCAL ADHESION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRESS FIBER;

CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 41549106695     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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