Spatiotemporal mechanical variation reveals critical role for rho kinase during primitive streak morphogenesis

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 421-432

  Henkels, Julia ^a   Oh, Jaeho ^a   Xu, Wenwei ^a   Owen, Drew ^a   Sulchek, Todd ^a   Zamir, Evan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actomyosin contractility; Atomic force microscopy; Biomechanics; Development; Gastrulation; Time lapse imaging; Y 27632

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ENZYMES;

ACTOMYOSIN CONTRACTILITY; DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; Y-27632;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; AMIDE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GERM LAYER; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMITIVE STREAK; QUAIL; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACTOMYOSIN; AMIDES; ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GERM LAYERS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDINES; QUAIL; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878522649     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0652-y     Document Type: Article

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