Cell dynamics and the actin cytoskeleton

Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Models and Measurements

Volumn 9780521846370, Issue , 2006, Pages 170-203

  Mc Grath, James L ^a   Dewey, C Forbes ^b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CYTOSKELETAL STRUCTURES; INDIVIDUAL PROTEINS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL SIGNALS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84926976927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511607318.010     Document Type: Chapter

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