The role of vimentin intermediate filaments in cortical and cytoplasmic mechanics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1562-1568

  Guo, Ming ^a   Ehrlicher, Allen J ^a,c   Mahammad, Saleemulla ^d   Fabich, Hilary ^a   Jensen, Mikkel H ^a,e   Moore, Jeffrey R ^e   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^b   Goldman, Robert D ^d   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; FLOW KINETICS; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84885088749     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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