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Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions

Viola Vogel & Michael Sheetz

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 7, 265-275 (April 2006)

doi:10.1038/nrm1890

Figure 1 - Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions

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Cellular mechanics involves three steps: mechanosensing, mechanotransduction and mechanoresponse.

Figure 2 - Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions

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Mechanisms of force sensing.

Figure 3 - Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions

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Mechanisms of form sensing.

Figure 4 - Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions

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Mechanisms of rigidity sensing.

Figure 5 - Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions

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Cellular processes of mechanosensing and responses.