Axisymmetric drop shape analysis for estimating the surface tension of cell aggregates by centrifugation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1606-1616

  Kalantarian, Ali ^a   Ninomiya, Hiromasa ^a   Saad, Sameh M I ^a   David, Robert ^a   Winklbauer, Rudolf ^a   Neumann, A Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; C CADHERIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; C-CADHERIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; EP CADHERIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; EP-CADHERIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; MESSENGER RNA; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXISYMMETRIC DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; NONHUMAN; SURFACE TENSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTOCHORD;

ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLASTOMERES; CADHERINS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRIFUGATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; NOTOCHORD; RNA, MESSENGER; SURFACE TENSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 62649167968     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.064     Document Type: Article

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