Stress Fibers
Bundles of actin filaments (ACTIN CYTOSKELETON) and myosin-II that span across the cell attaching to the cell membrane at FOCAL ADHESIONS and to the network of INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS that surrounds the nucleus.
Year introduced: 2001
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Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.750.050.830
MeSH Unique ID: D022502
Entry Terms:
- Fibers, Stress
- Fiber, Stress
- Stress Fiber
- Stress Fibres
- Fibres, Stress
- Fibre, Stress
- Stress Fibre
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