Actin cytoskeleton in myofibroblast differentiation: Ultrastructure defining form and driving function

Translational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 181-196

  Sandbo, Nathan ^a,b   Dulin, Nickolai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WOUND CONTRACTION;

EID: 80052998025     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2011.05.004     Document Type: Review

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