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2009
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Northwestern University(Current)
University of California, Berkeley
Desire Takawira is an author at Northwestern University specializing in medicine, mechanobiology, and cellular physiology.
Top concepts
MedicinePhysiologyEngineeringCell BiologyMatrix BiologyMechanobiologyCell PhysiologyExtracellular MatrixFibrosisNutrition
Publications per year
2009–2015
Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Bleb-Niche Formation in Epithelial Cells Is Independent of Actinomyosin Contraction and Enhanced by Loss of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane-Conductance Regulator Osmoregulatory Function
Amber L. Jolly, Desire Takawira, Olufolarin Oke et al. · mBio · 2015 · 46 citations · Full text
Lung-specific loss of the laminin α3 subunit confers resistance to mechanical injury
Daniela Urich, Jessica L. Eisenberg, Kevin J. Hamill et al. · Journal of Cell Science · 2011 · 40 citations
Acute Lung Injury, Engineering, Inflammatory Lung Disease +25
A Dystroglycan/Plectin Scaffold Mediates Mechanical Pathway Bifurcation in Lung Epithelial Cells
Desire Takawira, G. R. Scott Budinger, Susan B. Hopkinson et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2010 · 36 citations · Full text
Engineering, Pathway Bifurcation, Cytoskeleton +22
Plectin-containing, centrally-localized focal adhesions exert traction forces in primary lung epithelial cells
Jessica L. Eisenberg, Kristin G. Beaumont, Desire Takawira et al. · Journal of Cell Science · 2013 · 26 citations · Full text
Functional Role for the Conformationally Mobile Phenylalanine 223 in the Reaction of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase from <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Moon N. Lee, Desire Takawira, Andriana Nikolova et al. · Biochemistry · 2009 · 24 citations · Full text
Biosynthesis, Biochemistry, Protein Folding +14
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