Estimation of cellular adhesion forces using mean field theory

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Yang, Tianyi ^a   Zaman, Muhammad H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion force; Cell matrix interactions; Mean field theory

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; THEORY VALIDATION;

EID: 77955652626     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-010-0115-1     Document Type: Article

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