Plectin contributes to mechanical properties of living cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Na, Sungsoo ^a   Chowdhury, Farhan ^a   Tay, Bernard ^a   Ouyang, Mingxing ^a   Gregor, Martin ^b   Wang, Yingxiao ^a   Wiche, Gerhard ^b   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Actin; Mechanotransduction; Prestress; Stiffening; Traction

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PLECTIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PLECTIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 65649130513     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00604.2008     Document Type: Article

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