Measurement of elastic properties of Xenopus oocytes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 607-613

  Kelly, Suzanne M ^a   Jia, Yan Lin ^a   Macklem, Peter T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell volume; Elastic properties; Hysteresis; Intracellular pressure; Osmotic swelling; Pressure volume relationship; Servo null technique; Vitelline envelope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; ELASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; OOCYTES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031278880     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00483-5     Document Type: Article

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