Determinación de la velocidad de carga de una sola molécula durante la mecanotransducción en la adhesión celular

Myung Hyun Jo1,2,3, Paul Meneses1,3, Olivia Yang3

  • 1Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 21, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores midieron la tasa de carga fisiológica de los enlaces de los receptores de la superficie celular, encontrándola crucial para comprender la fuerza del enlace. Este nuevo método reveló tasas de carga más altas en las células inmunes en comparación con otros tipos de células.

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