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Mechanobiology Glossary ‘A-C’
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A
Actin
Actin binding drugs
Actin binding proteins; actin binding domain (ABD)
Actin cortex
Actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/Cofilin
(AC family)
Actin filament
Actin treadmilling
Adherens junction
Adhesion receptors/molecules
Alpha (α)-actinin
Alpha (α)-catenin
Amphiphysin
Anchoring junction
Arp2/3 complex
Attractive Cues
B
Barbed (+) end
Basal lamina
(basement membrane)
Beta (
β
)-catenin
Blebbistatin
BAR Domain
C
Cadherin
Calmodulin
Capping protein
Catch bond
Cell-adhesion molecules (CAMs)
Cell cortex
(i.e. cortical actin)
Cell division control protein 42 (Cdc42)
Chemoattractant
Chemotaxis
Collapsin/semaphorins
Contractile bundle
Cortactin
Critical concentration (C
c
)
Cytochalasin
