Hysteresis in the cell response to time-dependent substrate stiffness

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Besser, Achim ^a   Schwarz, Ulrich S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; STRESS FIBER; TIME;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELLS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS FIBERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954375220     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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