Quantitative methods for analyzing cell-cell adhesion in development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 401, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-174

  Kashef, Jubin ^a   Franz, Clemens M ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) based single cell force spectroscopy (SCFS); Cadherin; Cell cell adhesion; Dual micropipette aspiration (DPA); Flipping assay; F rster resonance energy transfer; Mechanical force

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLASTOMA; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84927917159     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.11.002     Document Type: Review

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