An experimental model for investigating mechanotransduction in cells: Formation of 3-D colonies and differentiation of cells in the presence of a force-conducting ligand

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 40, Issue , 1998, Pages 91-94

  Bhatnagar, Rajendra S ^a   Qian, Jing Jing ^a   Wedrychowska, Anna ^a   Smith, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; COLLAGEN; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LIGANDS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 11644264347     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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