Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7280, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Fletcher, Daniel A ^a,b   Mullins, R Dyche ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FORCE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 75749107907     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08908     Document Type: Review

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