Flexible polyacrylamide substrata for the analysis of mechanical interactions at cell-substratum adhesions

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2002, Issue 69, 2002, Pages 325-339

  Beningo, Karen A ^a   Lo, Chun Min ^b   Wang, Yu Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; METALLOPROTEINS; PLIABILITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0036357269     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(02)69021-1     Document Type: Review

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