The interplay between cell signalling and mechanics in developmental processes

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 733-744

  Miller, Callie Johnson ^a   Davidson, Lance A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; UVOMORULIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 4; VINCULIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884386822     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3513     Document Type: Review

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