Mechanosensation: A basic cellular process

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-102

  Goldmann, Wolfgang H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focal adhesion kinase; Focal adhesions; Mechanotransduction sensation; p130Cas; Paxillin; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; CRK ASSOCIATED SUBSTRATE PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 2; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NANOPARTICLE; PAXILLIN; TALIN; VINCULIN; ZYXIN;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; COMPRESSION; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS; ACTIN FILAMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOCAL ADHESION; FORCE; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MAGNETISM; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOSENSATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SENSOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OSTEOCYTE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER; UPREGULATION; VIBRATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84905169291     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: 18780814     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394624-9.00004-X     Document Type: Chapter

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