Nuclear shape, mechanics, and mechanotransduction

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1307-1318

  Dahl, Kris Noel ^a   Ribeiro, Alexandre J S ^a   Lammerding, Jan ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Gene regulation; Lamins; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; LAMIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN BINDING PROTEIN; LAMIN C; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; LAMINOPATHY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SHAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LAMINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 44949118668     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.173989     Document Type: Review

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