Cellular responses to gravity: Extracellular, intracellular and in-between

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1263-1268

  Todd, P ^a   Klaus, D M ^a   Stodieck, L S ^a   Smith, J D ^a   Staehelin, L A ^a   Kacena, M ^a   Manfredi, B ^a   Bukhari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GRAVITY; PERCEPTION; PLANT; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; DIFFUSION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; PLANTS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EID: 0032243209     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00397-9     Document Type: Article

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