Measurement of mechanical properties of Caenorhabditis elegans with a piezoresistive microcantilever system

2005 3rd IEEE/EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 400-403

  Park, Sung Jin ^a   Goodman, Miriam B ^b   Pruitt, Beth L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabitltis elegans piezoresistive microcantilever; Indentation; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; INDENTATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROCANTILEVER SYSTEM;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 33845347887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2005.1548488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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