Measurement of local viscoelasticity and forces in living cells by magnetic tweezers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 573-579

  Bausch, Andreas R ^a   Möller, Winfried ^b   Sackmann, Erich ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; MACROPHAGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344915170     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77225-5     Document Type: Article

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