Micropatterning tractional forces in living cells

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-106

  Wrobel, Louise K ^a   Fray, Tim R ^a   Molloy, Justin E ^a   Adams, Julian J ^b   Armitage, Mark P ^b   Sparrow, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Cell shape; Flexible gel; Microfabrication; Traction force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FORCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; TIME;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; HUMAN; MICROSPHERES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; DIMETICONE; MICROSPHERE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

EID: 0036015161     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.10037     Document Type: Article

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