Endothelial cell adhesion force estimation at the nanoscale

Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-49

  Mantero, Sara ^a   Piuri, D ^a   Vesentini, S ^a   Montevecchi, F M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Cell adhesion; Molecular mechanics; Molecular modeling; Trans membrane protein

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE; PROLINE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28244461992     PISSN: 17226899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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