Force Transduction and Strain Dynamics through Actin Stress Fibres of the Cytoskeleton

It is becoming clear that mechanical stimuli are critical in regulating cell biology; however, the short-term structural response of a cell to mechanical forces remains relatively poorly understood. We mechanically stimulated cells expressing actin-EGFP with controlled forces (0-20nN) in order to in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guolla, Louise
Language:en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20272