Cell shape normalization, dendrite orientation, and melanin production of normal and genetically altered (haploinsufficient NF1)-melanocytes by microstructured substrate interactions

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-92

  Jungbauer, Simon ^a   Kemkemer, Ralf ^a,b   Gruler, Hans ^c   Kaufmann, Dieter ^c   Spatz, Joachim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Omt Optische Messtechnik Gmbh   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cell morphology; Gene defects; Materials science; Microstructures

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MELANIN; MICROSTRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CELL MORPHOLOGY; DENDRITE ORIENTATION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; FUNCTIONAL REGULATION; MECHANICAL STABILIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURED SUBSTRATES; TOPOGRAPHICAL CONFINEMENT; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES;

SUBSTRATES;

MELANIN; NEUROFIBROMIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 2442421672     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200300868     Document Type: Article

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