Dynamic Mechanisms of Cell Rigidity Sensing: Insights from a Computational Model of Actomyosin Networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Borau, Carlos ^a,c   Kim, Taeyoon ^b   Bidone, Tamara ^d   García Aznar, José Manuel ^a   Kamm, Roger D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN CROSS LINKING PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRACTION STRESS; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84868372238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049174     Document Type: Article

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