Mechano-Transduction: From Molecules to Tissues

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Pruitt, Beth L ^a,b   Dunn, Alexander R ^a,b   Weis, William I ^b   Nelson, W James ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; L SELECTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMODYNAMICS; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84912553157     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001996     Document Type: Article

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