Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 64-77 , 2007

Signaling through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulates mechanotaxis induced by local low magnetic forces in Entamoeba histolytica

  • C. Rivière

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot, CNRS UMR7057, 140, rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
    • ,
  • S. Marion

      Affiliations

    • Unité Biologie Cellulaire du Parasitisme, INSERM U389, Institut Pasteur, 28, rue du Dr Roux 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
    • ,
  • N. Guillén

      Affiliations

    • Unité Biologie Cellulaire du Parasitisme, INSERM U389, Institut Pasteur, 28, rue du Dr Roux 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
    • ,
  • J.-C. Bacri

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot, CNRS UMR7057, 140, rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
    • ,
  • F. Gazeau

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot, CNRS UMR7057, 140, rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
    • ,
  • C. Wilhelm

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot, CNRS UMR7057, 140, rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33144272316; fax: +33144273882.

,Accepted 23 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.11.012

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 64-77 , 2007

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