Mechanical instabilities as a central issue for insilico analysis of cell dynamics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 710-724

  Tracqui, Philippe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Autobaric process; Cellular forces; Complex systems; Computational biology; Morphogenesis; Periodic cell protrusions

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GENE EXPRESSION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOBARIC PROCESS; CELLULAR FORCES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PERIODIC CELL PROTRUSIONS;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 33947382644     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2006.871768     Document Type: Article

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