Molecular biomechanics: The molecular basis of how forces regulate cellular function

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-105

  Bao, Gang ^a   Kamm, Roger D ^b   Thomas, Wendy ^c   Hwang, Wonmuk ^d   Fletcher, Daniel A ^e   Grodzinsky, Alan J ^b   Zhu, Cheng ^a   Mofrad, Mohammad R K ^e  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d Texas A and M University   (United States)

^e University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Force; Mechanobiology; Mechanotransduction; Molecular motors; Protein conformational change

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN IB; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MIGRATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOMEDICINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 77955660822     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-010-0109-z     Document Type: Review

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