Visualizing and quantifying adhesive signals

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-550

  Sabouri Ghomi, Mohsen ^a   Wu, Yi ^b   Hahn, Klaus ^b   Danuser, Gaudenz ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; ZYXIN;

BIOSENSOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 50849138844     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2008.05.004     Document Type: Review

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