Calcium signaling is gated by a mechanical threshold in three-dimensional environments

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ruder, Warren C ^a   Pratt, Erica D ^a   Brandy, Nailah Z D ^a   Lavan, David A ^b   Leduc, Philip R ^a,c,d   Antaki, James F ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL STRAIN 3T3; FIBROBLAST; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84864838468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00554     Document Type: Article

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