The nuclear envelope lamina network has elasticity and a compressibility limit suggestive of a molecular shock absorber

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4779-4786

  Dahl, Kris Noel ^a   Kahn, Samuel M ^a   Wilson, Katherine L ^b   Discher, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics elasticity; Cell nucleus structures; Membranes; Nuclear envelope; Nuclear lamina

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; LAMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELASTICITY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; OOCYTE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNER SYNDROME; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEXTRANS; ELASTICITY; LAMINS; NUCLEAR LAMINA; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 4544228141     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01357     Document Type: Article

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