Nano-mechanical properties of living cells expressing constitutively active RhoA effectors

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 403, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 363-367

  Tamura, Kazushi ^a   Mizutani, Takeomi ^a   Haga, Hisashi ^a   Kawabata, Kazushige ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Atomic force microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Force mapping

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIA1 PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NIH 3T3 CELLS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650171055     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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