Tensile behaviour of fibroblasts cultured in collagen gel

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1393-1397

  Takakuda, Kazuo ^a   Miyairi, Hiroo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cell mechanics; Cell stretching; Collagen; Fibroblasts; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CELLS; COLLAGEN; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

CELL MECHANICS; FIBROBLASTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN GEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030199524     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)87280-2     Document Type: Article

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