Versatile horizontal force probe for mechanical tests on pipette-held cells, particles, and membrane capsules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1218-1231

  Ounkomol, Chawin ^a   Xie, Hongtao ^a   Dayton, Paul A ^b   Heinrich, Volkmar ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SURFACTANT; DNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPRESSION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; MICROBUBBLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MICROBUBBLES; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 61549133215     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.047     Document Type: Article

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