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Author(s) -
Rabiya S. Tuma
Publication year - 2006
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/jcb1722iti3
Subject(s) - biology , myofibroblast , actin , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , focal adhesion , tension (geology) , anatomy , biophysics , pathology , biochemistry , compression (physics) , materials science , composite material , signal transduction , fibrosis , medicine
![][1] α-smooth muscle actin (blue) joins stress fibers that are under a lot (top) but not less (bottom) tension.During myofibroblast differentiation in vitro, “supermature” focal adhesions (FAs) arise due to increased physical stress, report Goffin et al. (page [259][2]).
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