Mechanical systems biology of C. Elegans touch sensation

BioEssays

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 335-344

  Krieg, Michael ^a   Dunn, Alexander R ^b   Goodman, Miriam B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytoskeleton; Force transmission; Mechanics; Mechanosensation; Tension; Touch

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ION CHANNEL; SPECTRIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TOUCH; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROTUBULES; TOUCH;

EID: 84925588040     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400154     Document Type: Article

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