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The effect of weightlessness on cytoskeleton architecture and proliferation of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7

Jany Vassy, Stéphanie Portet, Michael Beil, G. Millot, F. Fauvel-Lafève, A. Karniguian, G. Gasset, Théano Irinopoulou, Fabien Calvo, J. P. Rigaut,

The FASEB Journal · 2001 · 118 citations · 31 references

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SPECIFIC AIMThis study aims to investigate the role of gravity in signal transduction across the cytoskeleton to the nucleus. According to our hypothesis, gravity was considered as an external forc...

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A Human Cell Line From a Pleural Effusion Derived From a Breast Carcinoma 2

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Demonstration of mechanical connections between integrins, cytoskeletal filaments, and nucleoplasm that stabilize nuclear structure

Andrew J. Maniotis, Christopher S. Chen, Donald E. Ingber · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 1.6K citations

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Centrosome Amplification and a Defective G2–M Cell Cycle Checkpoint Induce Genetic Instability in BRCA1 Exon 11 Isoform–Deficient Cells

Xiaoling Xu, Steven P. Linke, Cuiling Li et al. · Molecular Cell · 1999 · 817 citations · Full text

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Viscoelastic properties of vimentin compared with other filamentous biopolymer networks.

Paul A. Janmey, Ursula Euteneuer, Peter Traub et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1991 · 724 citations · Full text

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Microtubule growth activates Rac1 to promote lamellipodial protrusion in fibroblasts

Clare M. Waterman, Rebecca A. Worthylake, Betty P. Liu et al. · Nature Cell Biology · 1999 · 494 citations

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