Live cell imaging of mechanotransduction

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Bo ^a,d   Kim, Tae Jin ^b   Wang, Yingxiao ^a,b,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Mechanotransduction; Shear stress; Stretch; Substrate stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; RESONANCE; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY;

CELLULAR FUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; LIVE-CELL IMAGING; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR BIOSENSORS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; RECENT PROGRESS; SIGNALLING MOLECULES; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; STRETCH;

STEM CELLS;

CALCIUM; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; PHOTOPROTEIN;

BIOSENSOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77955947356     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0042.focus     Document Type: Review

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