Precisely delivered nanomechanical forces induce blebbing in undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem cells

Cell Health and Cytoskeleton

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-34

  Hemsley, Alexandra L ^a   Hernandez, Diana ^a   Mason, Christopher ^a   Pelling, Andrew E ^a,b   Veraitch, Farlan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Blebbing; Cytoskeleton development; Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; MOESIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RADIXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 79952656444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CHC.S13863     Document Type: Article

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