单词 | stress fibre |
释义 | > as lemmasstress fibre stress fibre n. (also stress fiber) Cell Biology a type of fibrillar structure involved in the maintenance of cell shape and in cellular adhesion and motility; (in later use) spec. a fibre of this kind composed of actin filaments cross-linked by myosin and other proteins. ΚΠ 1952 Connective Tissues: Trans. 2nd Conf. 1951 136 The kind of density along the cell margin..and sometimes occurring at numerous other points in the cytoplasm, is referred to as stress fibers or tonofibrils. 1975 Science 4 July 34/3 In resting cells in culture they [sc. actin microfilaments] often form bundles (also called stress fibers) that are more or less parallel to one another. 2008 Epidemiol. & Infection 136 752/2 Both [toxins] cause profound reorganization of the cytoskeleton characterized mainly by the irreversible formation of thick bundles of actin stress fibres which inhibits cell division. < as lemmas |
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