Micropatterning contractile C2C12 myotubes embedded in a fibrin gel

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1161-1167

  Nagamine, Kuniaki ^a,b   Kawashima, Takeaki ^a   Ishibashi, Takeshi ^a   Kaji, Hirokazu ^a,b   Kanzaki, Makoto ^a,b   Nishizawa, Matsuhiko ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contractile myotube; Electrical pulse stimulation; Fibrin gel; Micropatterning

Indexed keywords

CARBON ELECTRODE; CULTURE DISHES; ELECTRICAL PULSE; FIBRIN GELS; GEL SYSTEMS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LINE PATTERN; MICRO PATTERNING; MYOTUBES; PULSE FREQUENCIES;

BIOASSAY; ELECTRODES; MONOLAYERS; SUBSTRATES; SYNCHROTRONS;

GELS;

CARBON; FIBRIN; GLASS; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; GEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FIBRIN; MICE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77951565352     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22636     Document Type: Article

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