Distribution of traction forces associated with shape changes during amoeboid cell migration

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3346-3349

  Alonso Latorre, B ^a   Meili, R ^b   Bastounis, E ^a   Del Alamo J C ^a   Firtel, R ^b   Lasheras, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin polymerization; Cell migration; Cell motility; Dictyostelium; Principal component analysis; Traction stresses

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CHAINS; CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS; STRESSES; TRACTION (FRICTION); TRACTION CONTROL;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; DICTYOSTELIUM; TRACTION STRESS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950971105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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