Spatiotemporal variation in cellular stiffness corresponding to development of morphological polarity

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 7 B, 2005, Pages 5451-5454

  Toko, Satoshi ^a   Mizutani, Takeomi ^a   Haga, Hisashi ^a   Kawabata, Kazushige ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular stiffness; Fibroblasts; Mechanical property; Polarity; Polystyrene bead; Scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

FIBROBLASTS; POLARITY; POLYSTYRENE BEAD; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 31844440234     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.5451     Document Type: Article

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