Force-dependent cell signaling in stem cell differentiation

Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Yim, Evelyn K F ^a,b   Sheetz, Michael P ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIGNALING; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84868237648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17576512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/scrt132     Document Type: Review

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