Contraction of Hydrated Collagen Gels by Fibroblasts: Evidence for Two Mechanisms by which Collagen Fibrils are Stabilized

Topics in Catalysis

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 515-529

  Guidry, Clyde ^a   Grinnell, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

collagen gels; fibrils; fibroblasts

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL;

CELL CULTURE; CONTRACTION; ETIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY;

EID: 10544244128     PISSN: 0174173x     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0174-173X(87)80050-X     Document Type: Article

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