Mechanical regulation of nuclear structure and function

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 431-455

  Martins, Rui P ^a   Finan, John D ^b   Farshid, Guilak ^b   Lee, David A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin organization; LINC complex; Mechanotransduction; Nucleus; Osmotic stress

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION; LINC COMPLEX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NUCLEUS; OSMOTIC STRESS;

ARCHITECTURE; LOADING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OSMOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION;

STRESSES;

KINESIN 1; NESPRIN 1; NESPRIN 2; NESPRIN 3; NESPRIN 4; PLECTIN; PROTEIN; SUN1 PROTEIN; SUN2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; OSMOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIGIDITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTONES; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84864193719     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124638     Document Type: Review

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