Probing the nanoscale viscoelasticity of intracellular fluids in living cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 316-323

  Guigas, Gernot ^a   Kalla, Claudia ^a   Weiss, Matthias ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOBEAD; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; EGG; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FROG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MECHANICAL PROBE; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANURA;

EID: 34447263750     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.099267     Document Type: Article

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