Tension is required for fibripositor formation

Matrix Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-375

  Kapacee, Zoher ^a   Richardson, Susan H ^a   Lu, Yinhui ^a   Starborg, Tobias ^a   Holmes, David F ^a   Baar, Keith ^b   Kadler, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aligned; Axial; Collagen fibrils; Embryonic tendon cells; Fibrin; Parallel

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; FIBRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 43049083651     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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