Cortical actin nanodynamics determines nitric oxide release in vascular endothelium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Fels, Johannes ^a   Jeggle, Pia ^a   Kusche Vihrog, Kristina ^a   Oberleithner, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL CORTEX; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIGIDITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CYTOCHALASIN D; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 84864189077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041520     Document Type: Article

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