Experiments with Osteoblasts Cultured under Hypergravity Conditions

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-34

  Kacena, Melissa A ^a   Todd, Paul ^b   Gerstenfeld, Louis C ^c   Landis, William J ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHOT Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BONE; CENTRIFUGATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GRAVITATION; HISTOLOGY; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE FLIGHT;

CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HYPERGRAVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

CELL CULTURE;

ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SIZE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GRAVITY; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; OSTEOBLAST; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SIZE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOSKELETON; FIBRONECTINS; HYPERGRAVITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSTEOBLASTS; VINCULIN;

EID: 2342426412     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02870949     Document Type: Article

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