Transduction of mechanical and cytoskeletal cues by YAP and TAZ

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 591-600

  Halder, Georg ^a   Dupont, Sirio ^b   Piccolo, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATRUNCULIN A; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RHO KINASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR WITH PDZ BINDING MOTIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YES ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CELL ADHESION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865411430     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3416     Document Type: Review

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