Cell-ECM traction force modulates endogenous tension at cell-cell contacts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4708-4713

  Maruthamuthu, Venkat ^a   Sabass, Benedikt ^b,c   Schwarz, Ulrich S ^b,d   Gardel, Margaret L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Cadherin; Cellular mechanotransduction; Focal adhesions; Intercellular force transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953214099     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011123108     Document Type: Article

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