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- noun biology Responsivity to
mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below
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Examples
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Whereas the reinforcement response is known to be mediated by upstream mechanosensing and downstream signaling, results presented here show the fluidization response to be altogether novel: it is a direct physical effect of mechanical force acting upon a structural lattice that is soft and fragile.
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In plants and large algal cells a limited number of functions for their slow action potentials are proposed, primarily long distance communication associated with mechanosensing and wounding.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alison R. Taylor 2009
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Scientists are now realizing the potential of such intracellular jostling to induce molecular changes throughout the cell, and the search for mechanosensing molecules has escalated dramatically in scope, including, for example, several proteins of the nucleus.
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Tumor-derived endothelial cells exhibit aberrant Rho-mediated mechanosensing and abnormal angiogenesis in vitro.
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