Peering from the outside in: Viscoelastic properties of the extracellular matrix dictate spatial organization and apoptosis resistance in mammary epithelial cells

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 430-431

  Zahir, N ^a   Yeung, T ^a   Ming, W ^b   Janmey, P A ^b   Weaver, V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Extracellular matrix; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DNA; TISSUE; TUMORS;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS; MORPHOGENESIS;

CELLS;

EID: 0036907831     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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