Cell-sized liposomes reveal how actomyosin cortical tension drives shape change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 16456-16461

  Carvalho, Kevin ^a,b,c   Tsai, Feng C ^d   Lees, Edouard ^a,b,c   Voituriez, Raphaël ^e,f   Koenderink, Gijsje H ^d   Sykes, Cecile ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^e University Paris Diderot   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Active gels; Actomyosin contractility; Biomimetism; Soft condensed matter

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LIPOSOME; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

ACTIVE GELS; ACTOMYOSIN CONTRACTILITY; BIOMIMETISM; SOFT CONDENSED MATTER;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 84885347548     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221524110     Document Type: Article

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