Forcing cells into shape: The mechanics of actomyosin contractility

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 486-498

  Murrell, Michael ^a,b   Oakes, Patrick W ^c   Lenz, Martin ^d   Gardel, Margaret L ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; ANILLIN; CORTEXILLIN; F ACTIN; FASCIN; FILAMIN; GELSOLIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FORCE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ANIMAL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 84938196685     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm4012     Document Type: Review

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