Mechanobiology and developmental control

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-61

  Mammoto, Tadanori ^a   Mammoto, Akiko ^a   Ingber, Donald E ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Cytoskeleton; Embryo; Extracellular matrix; Mechanotransduction; Morphogenesis; Nucleus; Physical force; Shear; Tension

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CAVEOLIN 1; CD31 ANTIGEN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GELATINASE A; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN II; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; RHO KINASE; TALIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TEAD4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRAL MICROTUBULE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; BIOMECHANICS; BLASTOCYST; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO AXIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FOCAL ADHESION; FORCE; GASTRULATION; GERM LAYER; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOBIOLOGY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORULA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSICAL FORCE; PLANAR CELL POLARITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; SYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84904240136     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101512-122340     Document Type: Article

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