Biomechanical regulation of contractility: Spatial control and dynamics

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-81

  Levayer, Romain ^a   Lecuit, Thomas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SEPTIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACCURACY; ACTIN FILAMENT; ADAPTATION; CELL ENERGY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOKINESIS; EVOLUTION; FORCE; HUMAN; LAMELLIPODIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINESIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 84856516992     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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