Optimal matrix rigidity for stress-fibre polarization in stem cells

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 468-473

  Zemel, A ^a   Rehfeldt, F ^b,c   Brown, A E X ^b   Discher, D E ^b   Safran, S A ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; POLARIZATION; RIGIDITY; STEM CELLS;

ELASTIC INCLUSION; NON-MONOTONIC FUNCTION; ORIENTATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SURROUNDING MATRIX; THEORETICAL MODELING; TISSUE ELASTICITY;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 77953130411     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1613     Document Type: Article

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