The optical stretcher: A novel laser tool to micromanipulate cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 767-784

  Guck, Jochen ^a   Ananthakrishnan, Revathi ^a   Mahmood, Hamid ^a   Moon, Tess J ^b   Cunningham, C Casey ^c   Käs, Josef ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034895848     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75740-2     Document Type: Article

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