Focal adhesions, stress fibers and mechanical tension

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-20

  Burridge, Keith ^a   Guilluy, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b L INSTITUT DU THORAX   (France)

Author keywords

Integrins; Myosin II; RhoA; Substratum rigidity

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; FOCAL ADHESION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS FIBER;

ANIMALS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84964344000     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.10.029     Document Type: Review

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