Photolithographically defined deposition of attachment factors as a versatile method for patterning the growth of different cell types in culture

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-132

  Rohr, Stephan ^a   Flückiger Labrada, Regula ^a   Kucera, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocytes; Cell culture; Collagen; Fibroblasts; HeLa cells; Patterned growth; Photolithography

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN; GLASS; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0037960362     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-1000-0     Document Type: Article

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