Microtubule depolymerization induces traction force increase through two distinct pathways
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Microtubule depolymerization induces traction force increase through two distinct pathways.
Traction forces increase after microtubule depolymerization; however, the signaling mechanisms underlying this, in particular the dependence upon myosin II, remain unclear. We investigated the mechanism of traction force increase after nocodazole-induced microtubule depolymerization by applying traction force microscopy to cells cultured on micropatterned polyacrylamide hydrogels to obtain samp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Science
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1477-9137,0021-9533
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.090563