Myosin II in mechanotransduction: Master and commander of cell migration, morphogenesis, and cancer

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 479-492

  Aguilar Cuenca, Rocío ^a   Juanes García, Alba ^a   Vicente Manzanares, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actin; Adhesion; Force; Mechanotransduction; Migration; Myosin; Tumor

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN II; NMII MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGHT CHAIN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METASTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSIN TYPE II;

EID: 84892834113     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1439-5     Document Type: Review

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