Characterizing the mechanics of cultured cell monolayers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 16449-16454

  Harris, Andrew R ^a   Peter, Loic ^a,b   Bellis, Julien ^a   Baum, Buzz ^a   Kabla, Alexandre J ^c   Charras, Guillaume T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Intermediate filaments; Tissue mechanics

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; KERATIN; MYOSIN; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETON; DOGS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84867356285     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213301109     Document Type: Article

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