Force transduction and strain dynamics in actin stress fibres in response to nanonewton forces

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 603-613

  Guolla, Louise ^a   Bertrand, Martin ^a   Haase, Kristina ^a   Pelling, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Atomic force microscopy; Cell mechanics; Cytoskeleton; Mechanotransduction; Strain

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTRACTION STRESS; CROSS LINKING; DYNAMICS; FORCE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NANONEWTON FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FIBER;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CYTOSKELETON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHOTOBLEACHING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84858147154     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.088302     Document Type: Article

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