Substrate, focal adhesions, and actin filaments: A mechanical unit with a weak spot for mechanosensitive proteins

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Kirchenbüchler, David ^a   Born, Simone ^a   Kirchgener, Norbert ^a   Houben, Sebastian ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Merkel, Rudolf ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORIENTATION; CELL TYPES; CYTOSKELETAL STRUCTURES; CYTOSKELETONS; DEFORMATION FIELD; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; ELASTIC SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LIVE CELL MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL COUPLING; MECHANICAL SIGNALS; MECHANICAL UNITS; MECHANOSENSING; MYOFIBROBLASTS; RIGID CONNECTION; SENSITIVE METHOD; STRESS FIBERS; SUBSTRATE DEFORMATION; TISSUE FORMATION; TRACTION FORCES; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

ADHESION; FIBERS; FILAMENTS (LAMP); FOCUSING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTEINS; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES; TENSILE STRAIN; TRACTION (FRICTION);

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; FIBROBLAST; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROFILAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROFILAMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77951566641     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/19/194109     Document Type: Article

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