The mechanics of development: Models and methods for tissue morphogenesis

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Gjorevski, Nikolce ^a   Nelson, Celeste M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Mechanobiology; Tension; Traction force microscopy

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 14;

BLOOD FLOW; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FLOW KINETICS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENSION; TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENOMICS; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 77956704547     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20185     Document Type: Review

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