Physical determinants of cell organization in soft media

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 763-772

  Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a,b   Bischofs, Ilka B ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell matrix adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Focal adhesions; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

CELL-MATRIX ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION;

CELLS;

INTEGRIN; LIGAND;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HARDNESS; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 24944546618     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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