Theoretical Concepts and Models of Cellular Mechanosensing

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 98, Issue C, 2010, Pages 143-175

  De, Rumi ^a   Zemel, Assaf ^b   Safran, Samuel A ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BOOK; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS FIBER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77956202121     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(10)98007-2     Document Type: Book

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