Mechanisms of cytoskeleton-mediated mechanical signal transmission in cells

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 538-542

  Hwang, Yongyun ^a   Gouget, Cecile L M ^a   Barakat, Abdul I ^a,b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin stress fibers; Cytoskeleton; Elastic waves; Force transmission; Mechanotransduction; Prestress; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869826792     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.21633     Document Type: Article

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