Mechanical properties of actin stress fibers in living cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6060-6071

  Lu, Lan ^a   Oswald, Sara J ^a   Ngu, Hai ^a   Yin, Frank C P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 58749108112     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.133462     Document Type: Article

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