Experimental tests of the cellular tensegrity hypothesis

Biorheology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 221-225

  Stamenović, Dimitrije ^a   Mijailovich, Srboljub M ^b   Marija Tolić Nørrelykke, Iva ^b,c   Wang, Ning ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; HISTAMINE;

AIRWAY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CALCULATION; CELL ASSAY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPRESSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRESS;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036978801     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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