A mechanical model of actin stress fiber formation and substrate elasticity sensing in adherent cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 7757-7762

  Walcott, Sam ^a   Sun, Sean X ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological friction; Cell biomechanics; Cytoskeleton; Focal adhesions; Mechanosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; BINDING SITES; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77952355776     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912739107     Document Type: Article

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