Membrane tension leads the way

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

Volumn 108, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 14379-14380

  Keren, Kinneret ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ADHERENT CELL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EXOCYTOSIS; FIBROBLAST; LIPID BILAYER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; EXOCYTOSIS;

EID: 80052295945     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111671108     Document Type: Note

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