Embracing mechanical forces in cell biology

Differentiation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 75-76

  Piccolo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84884984419     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2013.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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