Macroscopic stiffening of embryonic tissues via microtubules, RhoGEF and the assembly of contractile bundles of actomyosin

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2785-2794

  Zhou, Jian ^a,c   Kim, Hye Young ^a   Wang, James H C ^b   Davidson, Lance A ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell traction; Cellular mechanics; Force production; Morphogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NOCODAZOLE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORCE; MEASUREMENT; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY; VISCOELASTICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MICROTUBULES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77955730839     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.045997     Document Type: Article

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