Multiscale force sensing in development

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 581-588

  Petridou, Nicoletta I ^a   Spiró, Zoltán ^a   Heisenberg, Carl Philipp ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 85020300719     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3524     Document Type: Review

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