Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing in muscle development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1526-1534

  Jani, Klodiana ^a   Schöck, Frieder ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrin; Muscle development; Sarcomere; Z disk; Zasp

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; TALIN;

BIOSENSOR; FORCE; HEART MUSCLE; MOLECULAR SENSOR; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; SARCOLEMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 66349097466     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21972     Document Type: Review

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