Modelling the structural response of an eukaryotic cell in the optical stretcher

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1434-1440

  Ananthakrishnan, Revathi ^a,b,c   Guck, Jochen ^a,b   Wottawah, Falk ^a,b   Schinkinger, Stefan ^a,b   Lincoln, Bryan ^a,b   Romeyke, Maren ^a   Käs, Josef ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 27744522444     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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