United we stand - Integrating the actin cytoskeleton and cell-matrix adhesions in cellular mechanotransduction

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3051-3060

  Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a   Gardel, Margaret L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell adhesion; Contractility; Integrin; Myosin; Retrograde flow

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; DIMETICONE; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CORNEA CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LAMELLAR BODY; LAMELLIPODIUM; MATURATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL-MATRIX JUNCTIONS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ELASTIC MODULUS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOPODIA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84869111112     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.093716     Document Type: Note

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