Sarcomere length fluctuations and flow in capillary endothelial cells

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Russell, Robert J ^a   Grubbs, Alexandria Y ^a   Mangroo, Sunil P ^a   Nakasone, Sandra E ^a   Dickinson, Richard B ^a   Lele, Tanmay P ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial sarcomeres; Stress fiber assembly; Stress fiber dynamics; Stress fibers

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOCAL ADHESION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; MODULATION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; SARCOMERES; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 79952497756     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20501     Document Type: Article

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