Stress Fibers
Synonyms
Fiber, Stress
Fibers, Stress
Fibre, Stress
Fibres, Stress
Stress Fiber
Stress Fibre
Stress Fibres
Bundles of actin filaments (ACTIN CYTOSKELETON) and myosin-II that span across the cell attaching to the cell membrane at FOCAL ADHESIONS and to the network of INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS that surrounds the nucleus.