Mechanical properties play important roles at different scales in biology. At the level of a
single cell, the mechanical properties mediate mechanosensing and mechanotransduction …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) is not only a tool to image the topography of solid
surfaces at high resolution. It can also be used to measure force-versus-distance curves …

Living cells are viscoelastic materials, dominated by an elastic response on timescales
longer than a millisecond. On shorter timescales, the dynamics of individual cytoskeleton …

Mechanical stresses were applied directly to cell surface receptors with a magnetic twisting
device. The extracellular matrix receptor, integrin β1, induced focal adhesion formation and …

Cellular tensegrity: defining new rules of biological design that govern the cytoskeleton | Journal
of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists Skip to Main Content Advertisement The Company …

When a dielectric object is placed between two opposed, nonfocused laser beams, the total
force acting on the object is zero but the surface forces are additive, thus leading to a …

The effect of various drugs affecting the integrity of different components of the cytoskeleton
on the elasticity of two fibroblast cell lines was investigated by elasticity measurements with …

As physical entities, living cells possess structural and physical properties that enable them
to withstand the physiological environment as well as mechanical stimuli occurring within …

We have measured force curves as a function of the lateral position on top of human
platelets with the atomic force microscope. These force curves show the indentation of the …

The membrane of tissue‐cultured chick pectoral muscle contains an ionic channel which is
activated by membrane stretch. Nicotinic channels and Ca2+‐activated K+ channels are not …