Tuning cell shape change with contractile ratchets

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-679

  Mason, Frank M ^a   Martin, Adam C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANISOTROPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GASTRULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 82455210774     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.08.002     Document Type: Review

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