Cellular tensegrity: exploring how mechanical changes in the cytoskeleton regulate cell growth, migration, and tissue pattern during morphogenesis.
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Summary
The chapter explores the possibility that CSK tensegrity may also provide a mechanical basis for cell locomotion as well as a structural mechanism for coupling mechanical and chemical signaling pathways inside the cell.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 1994-01-01
- Cited by
- 452
- References
- 194
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Keywords
Tensegrity, Morphogenesis, Cytoskeleton, Cell migration, Mechanism (biology)
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