Quantitative microscopy and imaging tools for the mechanical analysis of morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 664-670

  Trier, Steven M ^a   Davidson, Lance A ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GASTRULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE TENSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 82455164096     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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