Open AccessWhy are cells so tense?
Author(s) -
Mitch Leslie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1764rr4
Subject(s) - biology , myosin , rigidity (electromagnetism) , cytoskeleton , extracellular , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , cell , physics , quantum mechanics
Cells might be able to rapidly adjust their stiffness by contracting myosin motors, according to a new cytoskeleton model from Daisuke Mizuno, Christoph Schmidt (Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen, Germany), and colleagues.Cells adjust their rigidity when they interact with the extracellular
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