Magnetically orientated tissue-equivalent tubes: Application to a circumferentially orientated media-equivalent

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-357

  Tranquillo, R T ^a   Girton, T S ^a   Bromberek, B A ^a   Triebes, T G ^a   Mooradian, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Collagen; Magnetic; Media; Smooth muscle cell; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL CONTACT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0030033187     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)85573-6     Document Type: Article

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