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Frederick H Silver1

  • 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.

Biomolecules
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PubMed
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Keywords:
FAKPaxillinTalincadherinscaterinscell cytoskeletoncell nucleuscollagenintegrinsintermediate filamentskindlinmechanotransduction pathwaysnuclear laminsnucleoskeleton

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