Total internal reflection microscopy and atomic force microscopy (TIRFM-AFM) to study stress transduction mechanisms in endothelial cells

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 197-202

  Mathur, Anshu Bagga ^a   Truskey, George A ^a   Monty Reichert, W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; ELASTICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SUBSTRATES;

CELL SURFACE; ENDOTHELIAL CELL; STRESS TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION MICROSCOPY;

CYTOLOGY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0033822756     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v28.i12.340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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