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SUBMITTER: Guck J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1305515 | biostudies-literature | 2005 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guck Jochen J Schinkinger Stefan S Lincoln Bryan B Wottawah Falk F Ebert Susanne S Romeyke Maren M Lenz Dominik D Erickson Harold M HM Ananthakrishnan Revathi R Mitchell Daniel D Käs Josef J Ulvick Sydney S Bilby Curt C
Biophysical journal 20050218 5
The relationship between the mechanical properties of cells and their molecular architecture has been the focus of extensive research for decades. The cytoskeleton, an internal polymer network, in particular determines a cell's mechanical strength and morphology. This cytoskeleton evolves during the normal differentiation of cells, is involved in many cellular functions, and is characteristically altered in many diseases, including cancer. Here we examine this hypothesized link between function ...[more]