Mechanical property characterization of mouse zona pellucida

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-286

  Sun, Yu ^a   Wan, Kai Tak ^b   Roberts, Kenneth P ^c   Bischof, John C ^c   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomembrane mechanical modeling; Elastic modulus; Force sensing; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Microrobotic cell manipulation; Zona pellucida (ZP) hardening

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PROTEINS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEMBRANE MECHANICAL MODELING; FORCE SENSING; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI); MICROROBOTIC CELL MANIPULATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA (ZP) HARDENING;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; MICE; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 3042844126     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2003.820273     Document Type: Article

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